The blue wall of silence is a term the media uses when they lack the details of a police story. They attribute their plight to a shady-sounding concept intended to arouse suspicion. From the police commissioner to the guy handing out parking tickets, they conspire to hide the truth from the public. It sounds good on paper, but it’s nonsense. How do you keep a secret in an organization with forty thousand employees? The NYPD’s blue wall of silence is a work of fiction perpetuated by lazy journalists who don’t know the inner workings of America’s largest police department. Cops talk all the time. You just didn’t know who to ask. Would you believe a veteran police officer dropped dead in the back seat of a coworker’s car on the night of his retirement party?
Discover how a conniving cop’s scheme to relocate New York City’s homeless population to a Paramus shopping mall almost resulted in his arrest at a New Jersey Turnpike rest stop.
Why does purchasing the wrong holster lead to chasing a loaded firearm across a busy street?
Meet the uninhibited cop who sunbathed naked on the roof of his precinct.
Find out what happened when the wrong strippers arrived at an off-duty cop’s bachelor party.
Why you should never tell your parents about the upcoming raid at the neighbor’s house, and more!
Retired NYPD detective Vic Ferrari takes you behind the crime scene tape and into the station house. You’ll meet eccentric cops and clever criminals who can’t shut up, dispelling the blue wall of silence. You won’t want to put down Behind the Blue Wall of Silence.
Vic Ferrari is a retired twenty-year veteran of the New York City police department. A Bronx resident for over 40 years he now splits his time between sunny Florida and his timeshare in North Korea. He lives with his Irish Wolfhound puppy Dougal who follows him everywhere, including the bathroom. He enjoys writing, cooking, and managing a coed softball team filled with unhappy complaining miscreants. This summer he fulfilled his childhood dream of throwing out the first pitch of a minor league baseball game under an assumed name.
Vic Ferrari has delivered another informative and entertaining book, highlighting some of the best cop stories you will read. If you want to know what it is really like being a member of the NYPD, you should read his books, including this one!!! Keep them coming, Vic!!