Behind the BLUE WALL...life of a NY cop

Michael Dowd

"no one would work with Dowd except another criminal, Eurell"

"How else could he have stayed on the job? Everyone including the bosses knew what they were involved in."

When the topic of steady partners was brought up to Eurell by Dowd for about the hundreth time, Eurell started to consider it. Eurell discussed the possible pairing with Jackman and another officer James Judge. Jackman came to Eurells home with two cases of beer to show his appreciation for a collection Eurell and Judge took up for Jackman during his suspension. Eurell mentioned to them that he was thinking about "hooking up with Mike Dowd." Jackman and Judge argued with Eurell not to work with Dowd. Eurell countered back "Dowd has time on the job, he knows what hes doing out there, we seem to get along with each other and besides roll call keeps putting us together anyway. Besides all the talk about Dowd being a "rat" were just rumors. I don't do anything but drink anyway. What are they gonna do send me to the farm?" (the farm was the dept. word for alcohol treatment program) The final words said to Eurell by his friends were "don't do it he'll just get you in trouble." Those words hung in the back of Eurells mind for a long time.

"All Mike did was talk about money 99% of the time. The other 1% was about pussy, neighborhood women, female cops it didn't matter like money he wanted it."

Dowd started innocent just to see Eurells reaction. If it was good or indifferent he would go up a level. The first event Dowd told Eurell about, was about drinking on the job. Almost everyone did it but, scooter 3 took it a little farther. They went down to the pool with two hookers.(the pool was a sewage treatment plant in the confines of the 75) While the officers drank the two hookers danced naked on top of the RMPs doing unmentionable things with a nightstick. Dowd showed Eurell photos of this. When Eurells reaction was just a raised eyebrow Dowd told him more.

One incident Dowd told Eurell about to gain his trust was just before they became steady partners, back when Eurell was still considering who to work with. Dowd explained it occured when he was in Eurells squad for about a month. Eurell had a court appearance and Dowd was working Eurells sector with a female officer Lisa Breland. This incident shows how slick Dowd could be. Dowd started by explaining to Eurell that if he would have hooked up with him sooner instead of saying no all the time Eurell could have made some money.

We got to go backstage and see the celebrities that turned out. Robin was the only one who spoke with us after everyone else had gone. He was a nice guy, still doing his act all the way out the door.

two hefty bags full of money.

Dowd involved Breland in something that she didn't even know happened. He scammed AC into leaving two hefty bags full of cash behind. Now what follows was hard for Eurell to understand but, later on it proved to be his fatal error. Dowd arrives at Spencers and the first thing they do is argue. People who have never had money would think if I can only get a few thousand dollars everything will be alright. These guys have clearly passed that stage, but more money is still wanted. Greed takes over at this point. Dowd argues that the $5,000.00 he shoved down his pants is his alone and not part of the split with Guvera and Spenser. They argue back that it all should be split evenly. Now knowing the way they think that enough is never enough, Guvera and Spenser probably split a few thousand before Dowd showed up anyway. Still the arguing went on and Dowd finally agreed to split the $5,000.00 with them. The total tally was somewhere around $44,000.00! Not bad for one afternoon.

I didn't see it as stealing, as much as I did found money. They all knew it was proceeds from drug sales. I'm sure they didn't think of it as stealing either. The arrested drug dealer wasn't going to get it even if they did voucher it,the city would.

"Behind the Blue Wall"

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