Chicago Street Cop: Amazing True Stories from the Mean Streets of Chicago and Beyond, Paperback

Surviving a career in law enforcement involves a considerable amount of natural instinct, skill, luck, and intellect. Fortunately for Pat McCarthy, he possessed all of these, some more than others, at different times.In "Chicago Street Cop," you will: - Learn what it feels like to walk through the wreckage of the worst aviation disaster in Americas historycollecting bodies and body parts.- Go behind the scenes as McCarthy, wired by the FBI, is bribed by an organized crime figure to protect a secret gambling den in Chinatown.- Get an insider's view into the life of a big city undercover cop buying drugs in a violent housing project.- Ride along with McCarthy's FBI squad as they try to stop a gang war.- Read about what it's like to be a SWAT team member in a two-day standoff with a cop killer.With a gritty and no-holds-barred narrative, Chicago Street Cop is a vivid reminder of the risks and choices that members of law enforcement face daily as they keep the general public safe from harm.