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New York's Least Likely Police Officer Tells All
Bloomsbury Press
March 2009
On Sale: March 17, 2009
272 pages
ISBN: 1608191958
EAN: 9781608191956
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Non-Fiction
A funny and revealing memoir of one man’s journey into and
out of the New York City police department. In 2001, Paul Bacon was a typical young New Y orker: hip,
liberal, overeducated, a little aimless. But then 9/11
happened. Hearing a call to duty—and lacking any better
employment options—he joined the NYPD, with the earnest hope
of making his hometown a safer place. Silly him. In Bad Cop, Paul recounts his ill-conceived experiment in
public service, focusing on his own professional handicaps:
his glass jaw, his overly trusting nature, and his fear of
confrontation. The book begins with his police academy
training, when he falls in love with the beautiful cadet
Clarabel (and develops an unhealthy attraction to his
sidearm). T he story follows him through an awkward
apprenticeship and out onto the streets, where the
touchy-feely Paul is transformed into the rough-and-tumble
Officer Bacon. Through amazing accounts of his escapades on
the Harlem beat, his memoir emerges as both a celebration
and a send-up of the legendary force that protects New Y
ork—most of the time.
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