Street Warrior, Patrick Picciarelli
Street Warrior, Patrick Picciarelli
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Street Warrior
The True Story of the NYPD’s Most Decorated Detective and the Era That Created Him

Author: Patrick Picciarelli, Ralph Friedman

Narrator: Chris Andrew Ciulla

Unabridged: 8 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/18/2019


Synopsis

As Seen On Discovery Channel's Street Justice: The Bronx

2,000 arrests. 100 off-duty arrests. 6,000 assists. 15 shootings. 8 shot. 4 kills. These are not the performance statistics of an entire NYPD unit. They are the record that makes Detective 2nd Grade Ralph Friedman a legend.

Friedman was arguably the toughest cop ever to wear the shield and was the most decorated detective in the NYPD's 170-year history. Stationed at the South Bronx's notorious 41 Precinct, known by its nickname "Fort Apache," Friedman served during one of the city's most dire times: the 1970s and '80s, when fiscal crisis, political disillusionment, an out-of-control welfare system, and surging crime and drug use were just a few of its problems.

Street Warrior tells an unvarnished story of harrowing vice and heroic grit, including Friedman's reflections on racial profiling, confrontations with the citizens he swore to protect, and the use of deadly force.

About Patrick Picciarelli

Patrick Picciarelli, a former US Army machine gunner, spent twenty years in the NYPD, retiring as a lieutenant, and is a licensed private investigator. The author of Jimmy the Wags and Undercover Cop, he regularly contributes to Hardboiled magazine, among other publications.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Arthur

An 8 hour unabridged audiobook. The stories this gentleman must have... it left me wishing for more. Which naturally begs a sequel (which I hear is in the works). I liked this book.......more

Goodreads review by Reggie

I saw some raw footage on YouTube of the Bronx in the early 1980s. It legit looked like a war zone. Huge lots were just filled the rubble of old buildings. The streets were littered household junk: old bed frames; rusted shopping carts; bags of trash; assorted debris. One might guess the sidewalks t......more

Goodreads review by Carin

Ralph Friedman was a cop in the Bronx in the 1970s, when basically the whole borough was on fire (or might as well have been and no one was going to put it out.) Even Manhattan was in poor shape in that decade, and the Bronx probably had it the worst in terms of crime and poverty. Ralph had grown up......more

I’ll be the first to admit, I don’t know much about the NYPD, New York, or policing in the 70s and 80s. My previous exposure had been to firefighting classics such as Dennis Smith’s Report from Engine Co. 82. Also growing up in the 80s and 90s, I was well aware of New York’s reputation with regard to......more