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Originally Posted by kbm6893
... People today can't believe that the NY of today used to look like that. ...And the lone cop walking the beat with his Six gun and twirling his coco bolo nightstick used to be able to clear a corner full of miscreants with ease.....
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I've 41 years in law enforcement, the first 20 in the NYPD, 1969~1990. I worked lots in both the Bronx and Brooklyn, in high crime areas as a detective in; narcotics, homicide, robbery squad, others. When working in the 46 pct (Bronx Central Robbery) at night we'd hear shots going off every evening (not hyperbole). Since the reverberations of gunshots bounced off the hard surfaces of the large buildings in the area we had no idea where they were coming from. We ignored them.
That time period, working in the NYPD, was an experience. The inner areas of NYC were like working in a 3rd world country.
Rich
Some old NYPD photos:
Warrant at a Bronx "social club" around 1976.
Bronx Central Robbery. I was a lot tougher back then...
Bronx 9th Homicide Zone. Good bunch of detectives. I was the handsome devil with the beard.
Sometimes it just got so lonely... Meet Harvey Homicide, our squad mascot.
