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Oh, okay. Yeah. I was a DJ played records, you know, knucklehead, uh, thinking I could be a broadcaster with this accent. Right. You know, I use doing, you know, we, the plural of you is used in my neighborhood. So I was going to be on the radio. Yeah. Yeah, how you doing? This is a country station in Nebraska. Nice to meet you. Nobody was going to listen to me.

I realized soon that my career in radio was going to go up and down and be done in an hour. So I didn't know what I wanted to do. And I remember being at a family barbecue where my uncle said, why don't you take the police test? It's 1982. They're giving a test. And I was like, police test? Ugh. I hadn't thought about it. I really didn't. I had no idea what I wanted to do.

I realized soon that my career in radio was going to go up and down and be done in an hour. So I didn't know what I wanted to do. And I remember being at a family barbecue where my uncle said, why don't you take the police test? It's 1982. They're giving a test. And I was like, police test? Ugh. I hadn't thought about it. I really didn't. I had no idea what I wanted to do.

I realized soon that my career in radio was going to go up and down and be done in an hour. So I didn't know what I wanted to do. And I remember being at a family barbecue where my uncle said, why don't you take the police test? It's 1982. They're giving a test. And I was like, police test? Ugh. I hadn't thought about it. I really didn't. I had no idea what I wanted to do.

So I ended up taking a test, doing very well on it, got hired and really liked it. It was fun to me. It was, it was an adventure. It was exciting. New York city in 1984, when I got hired was, you know, a city out of control. Right. Subways were a mess, drugs everywhere. Um, So to me, that was my adventure, it was excitement. I liked it, it was a lot of fun.

So I ended up taking a test, doing very well on it, got hired and really liked it. It was fun to me. It was, it was an adventure. It was exciting. New York city in 1984, when I got hired was, you know, a city out of control. Right. Subways were a mess, drugs everywhere. Um, So to me, that was my adventure, it was excitement. I liked it, it was a lot of fun.

So I ended up taking a test, doing very well on it, got hired and really liked it. It was fun to me. It was, it was an adventure. It was exciting. New York city in 1984, when I got hired was, you know, a city out of control. Right. Subways were a mess, drugs everywhere. Um, So to me, that was my adventure, it was excitement. I liked it, it was a lot of fun.

Well, I finished high school, went to Queens College for a couple of years. I ended up getting hired from the police department when I was 21 before I finished. I ended up going back to get my degree.

Well, I finished high school, went to Queens College for a couple of years. I ended up getting hired from the police department when I was 21 before I finished. I ended up going back to get my degree.

Well, I finished high school, went to Queens College for a couple of years. I ended up getting hired from the police department when I was 21 before I finished. I ended up going back to get my degree.

Yeah. That's how you all start. You do your six months in the academy and you learn all the basics and then you come out and I was assigned to, uh, what is now a trendy area, Bushwick Williamsburg section, Greenpoint in Brooklyn, you know, lofts are all worth money. But back in 1984, I can describe it as a heroin infested shit hole.

Yeah. That's how you all start. You do your six months in the academy and you learn all the basics and then you come out and I was assigned to, uh, what is now a trendy area, Bushwick Williamsburg section, Greenpoint in Brooklyn, you know, lofts are all worth money. But back in 1984, I can describe it as a heroin infested shit hole.

Yeah. That's how you all start. You do your six months in the academy and you learn all the basics and then you come out and I was assigned to, uh, what is now a trendy area, Bushwick Williamsburg section, Greenpoint in Brooklyn, you know, lofts are all worth money. But back in 1984, I can describe it as a heroin infested shit hole.

If I'm allowed to say shit hole on your podcast, cause that's what it was. It was a dump. You walk down the street, you're stepping on the envelopes and then the glass and the needles and stuff and junkies hanging out like this in the hallway. It was just that kind of a place.

If I'm allowed to say shit hole on your podcast, cause that's what it was. It was a dump. You walk down the street, you're stepping on the envelopes and then the glass and the needles and stuff and junkies hanging out like this in the hallway. It was just that kind of a place.

If I'm allowed to say shit hole on your podcast, cause that's what it was. It was a dump. You walk down the street, you're stepping on the envelopes and then the glass and the needles and stuff and junkies hanging out like this in the hallway. It was just that kind of a place.

Right.

Right.

Right.

So I learned a lot very quickly.