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^ Read # No Back-Up Needed: How Veteran New York City Cops Struggled Through the Summer of 1975, When New York City Went Broke by James J. Kavanaugh ✓ eBook or Kindle ePUB. No Back-Up Needed: How Veteran New York City Cops Struggled Through the Summer of 1975, When New York City Went Broke Meanwhile, with the thin blue line stretched to the breaking point, life as usual went on in the Big Apple, and Lt. Here, with sardonic humor he recounts the mix of tragedies, miracles, life and death, the bizarre and the mundane of life in NYC.. It didn't seem possible the largest city in the US could go bankrupt, but in 1975 that's exactly what happened-NYC went bust. Jimmy Kavanaugh, 13th Precinct, Gramercy Park, Manhattan, saw it all. In what was called The Layoff Period, younger officers we
| Title | : | No Back-Up Needed: How Veteran New York City Cops Struggled Through the Summer of 1975, When New York City Went Broke |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.95 (607 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1934956368 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 260 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-16 |
| Language | : | English |
Great resource and a wild ridenot for the thin-skinned MER I read this as background for a writing project I'm working on. I've read a number of books now about the NYPD in the 1970's but this was the best--if not for the great story, the vernacular alone is fascinating. In fact, I was so grateful for the book I had to write a review (included below). Though it's certainly not for the thin skinned, those who want a real glimpse of some fascinating cop history (and have a few laughs & insights while doing so) it's a great resour. Charles Kelly said Absolutely brilliant!. The “street cop” story, well told, has been a cornerstone of the American experience. The drama of people in distress and the policemen who try to help them out while dealing with their own troubles is always engaging: never more so than when the writer has been in the trenches and knows what he is talking about. That’s the case with No Back-Up Needed, a brilliant example of the genre. Mostly when readers talk about a book that is “impossible to . Five Stars farida excellent !
Meanwhile, with the thin blue line stretched to the breaking point, life as usual went on in the Big Apple, and Lt. Here, with sardonic humor he recounts the mix of tragedies, miracles, life and death, the bizarre and the mundane of life in NYC.. It didn't seem possible the largest city in the US could go bankrupt, but in 1975 that's exactly what happened-NYC went bust. Jimmy Kavanaugh, 13th Precinct, Gramercy Park, Manhattan, saw it all. In what was called The Layoff Period, younger officers were sent home, their careers on hold, while NYPD veterans went back to patrol the streets
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