Bronx Justice by Bob Martin
Since Bronx Justice was
published, I’ve been asked many times how I made the transition from cop to writer.
The book is based on a
case I worked as a captain with the Bronx Homicide Squad
in 1990. We had a group of white, wanna-be-wise guys, dubbed “The Cowboys” by
our detectives, team up with a black drug gang, "The Crew." Rival
drug dealers would be targeted.
The Cowboys, impersonating plainclothes
police officers, would “arrest,” read, kidnap the dealers. Ransom demands
were made. If paid, the victim was cut loose. If not paid, a bullet in the head
and another body dumped on a Bronx street.
The year 1990 saw a record 2,605 homicides in New York
City, with the Bronx alone recording over 600 murders. This was the height of
the “Crack Wars.” With some outstanding work by a team of dedicated detectives,
the case was solved and all the perps were convicted in federal court. Years
later, as I continued to share this story, people kept telling me, “That would
make a great book.” I agreed, and after sixteen years of starts and stops I
finally wrote the story
My
writing journey began with a story I did about legendary Queens Homicide
Lieutenant, Dan Kelly. He had been doing homicide work in Queens for over
thirty years when I became his boss in 1989. I was pursuing my college
degree at the time and taking a course called, NYPD History. I entered the
squad one night as Dan was discussing a homicide he had worked in October,
1963. As I listened, I thought, "JFK was President, I was a high school
freshman, Dan was working homicides!"
I interviewed Dan for a term paper. My
teacher, an ex cop thought the piece was good enough to get published, and
in 1991 it appeared in The Badge magazine. I have had
numerous articles published in various newspapers and magazines.
In 1999
my “The Joint Terrorist Task Force-A Concept That Works,” appeared in the FBI
Law Enforcement Bulletin. Most are personality pieces, law
enforcement, terrorism or sports stories. My first writing paycheck came
from a story I did for New York Newsday, “A Team and a Family,” published
in 2008. Sticking to the concept of “write what you know,” it was a story
about the NYPD football team. I was a charter member, played for a dozen
years and founded the team’s alumni association, so I was on very
familiar ground.
Most recently I’ve had three law enforcement related Op-Eds
published in the New York Post. I am currently working on my
next writing project, a series of NYPD short stories, tentatively titled
“NYPD-Tales From The Street."
Bob Martin:
Served
with the NYPD for 32 years in a wide variety of commands that included the
fabled Tactical Patrol Force (TPF), the Street Crime Unit, Mounted Unit,
the 72nd, 69th, 6th Precincts, Queens and Bronx Detectives, and finally as
the CO of the Special Investigations Division. Martin was a charter member and
played for a dozen years with the NYPD’s Finest Football Team.
He served
for twelve years on the International Association of Chiefs of Police
(IACP) “ Committee on Terrorism” and traveled extensively, in this country
and abroad, speaking on the subject. He retired as a Deputy Inspector in 2000
and began writing. His stories have been published in numerous magazines
and newspapers. Bronx Justice, based on an actual case, is his
first novel. He plans to continue his writing career.
“There
are no crime stories quite as good as a New York crime story. With Bronx
Justice, Bob Martin adds another good read to that list.”
Bill Bratton,former NYPD Police Commissioner
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