1999 Quote by Edward Conlon

“Later that day when I passed the Admin lieutenant and the Sargeant standing by the Desk, I said casually, "I'm leaving too, Sarge." "Okay,"…

— Edward Conlon

The bulletproof vest--'bullet resistant,' technically--is made of two double panels of a synthetic material called Kevlar, inside a cloth carrier that holds it around…

— Edward Conlon

On Sunday mornings, as the dawn burned into day, swarms of gulls descended on the uncollected trash, hovering and dropping in the cold clear…

— Edward Conlon

“Once, I went to the roof of a project and saw a hawk perched on the rail; always, you see the city in the…

— Edward Conlon

“On the second to last day, Lt. Russo, who ran the program, announced, "Unless you were at dinner last night and had the opportunity…

— Edward Conlon

“Do you have any idea who you've been dealing with?" "This is big-time! Interstate! Federal! You're not in a precinct, are you?" "This goes…

— Edward Conlon

“During voir dire, the interviews for jury selection, each person is asked under oath about their experience with the criminal justice system, as defendant…

— Edward Conlon

“In any case, I was less unhappy than the teammate who wondered whether the purported tribute of being a "well-rounded detective" was a jibe…

— Edward Conlon

I was constantly amazed by how many people talked me into arresting them.

— Edward Conlon

“What is the world coming to, when you can't trust a whore named Snake?”

— Edward Conlon

“When I had to work Shea Stadium for a Mets-Braves game – Atlanta pitcher John Rocker had recently given an interview in which he…

— Edward Conlon

“Good cops make their bosses look good, and Hector was a one-man beauty school.”

— Edward Conlon