Retired Officer Ralph Friedman is the most decorated detective in NYPD history.
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They watched a group of teens ask a man, Joaquin Castro, 37, for money. Castro turned them down.
“The kid called him a cheap bastard, so [Castro] pulls out a gun and shoots him right in front of us — his chest explodes,” Friedman recalled.
The cops sprinted after Castro along John Street, the killer firing at Friedman as he fled. De Matas tried to outflank him. Castro jumped behind cars and reloaded.
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Friedman , now 66, is the most decorated detective in the history of the NYPD.
He has been in 15 gun battles and shot eight perps, including the four he killed. He collected 219 NYPD awards and 36 civilian honors, while piling up more than 2,000 arrests, 105 off duty. He has been stabbed, broke his hand twice, fractured his skull, and was smashed over the head with a tire iron.
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“The ’70s were a different animal,” said Friedman, a Bronx-born DeWitt Clinton HS grad and massive bodybuilder who could once bench press 400 pounds. “You had to be combat ready.”
He had no friends or family on the force — his dad was a hotel manager — but when two pals asked if he wanted to take the police test with them, he agreed. After he passed, he ditched his furniture-moving job to join the NYPD in 1968 as a trainee handling calls for the city’s new 911 system.
http://nypost.com/2015/02/15/meet-the-most-decorated-detective-in-nypd-history/
Meet the most decorated detective in NYPD history
New York City
By Brad Hamilton
February 15, 2015 | 10:26am
[From article]
They watched a group of teens ask a man, Joaquin Castro, 37, for money. Castro turned them down.
“The kid called him a cheap bastard, so [Castro] pulls out a gun and shoots him right in front of us — his chest explodes,” Friedman recalled.
The cops sprinted after Castro along John Street, the killer firing at Friedman as he fled. De Matas tried to outflank him. Castro jumped behind cars and reloaded.
[. . .]
Friedman , now 66, is the most decorated detective in the history of the NYPD.
He has been in 15 gun battles and shot eight perps, including the four he killed. He collected 219 NYPD awards and 36 civilian honors, while piling up more than 2,000 arrests, 105 off duty. He has been stabbed, broke his hand twice, fractured his skull, and was smashed over the head with a tire iron.
[. . .]
“The ’70s were a different animal,” said Friedman, a Bronx-born DeWitt Clinton HS grad and massive bodybuilder who could once bench press 400 pounds. “You had to be combat ready.”
He had no friends or family on the force — his dad was a hotel manager — but when two pals asked if he wanted to take the police test with them, he agreed. After he passed, he ditched his furniture-moving job to join the NYPD in 1968 as a trainee handling calls for the city’s new 911 system.
http://nypost.com/2015/02/15/meet-the-most-decorated-detective-in-nypd-history/
Meet the most decorated detective in NYPD history
New York City
By Brad Hamilton
February 15, 2015 | 10:26am
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