Uncovering the Untold Struggles Behind the Badge: A Riveting Journey Through Duty, Marriage, and Family
I love this book’s honesty — Dwyer acknowledges at different times what drew him to and kept him in this line of work. Even as he suffered the work’s strain upon his marriage and faith. “The question of why I didn’t leave was often asked of me,” Dwyer reflects, “and the answer always came back to a late evening on a Bronx apartment building’s rooftop many years earlier. Crouched behind a wall for cover with my gun out, and eighteen hours into a work day that lasted several hours more, I waited for a wanted murderer — a street thug desperately seeking entry into a Genovese crime family crew… I could feel bone deep this was where I belonged.”
