Authors Bio Tony's police career started in 1989 when he joined the New York City Police Cadet Program as part of a college internship the New York City Police Department was conducting. Eager to become a police officer, Tony dropped out of college and the intern program when he was accepted into the new class of police officers and entered the Police Academy in 1990 as a recruit in one of the largest classes in the history of the NYPD. After completion of the Police Academy, Tony was assigned to the 28th Precinct in Harlem. After years on patrol, experiencing each tour of duty available, he w...