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A True Legend: Joseph Wambaugh Interview
Wambaugh retired from the LAPD in 1974, after serving 14 years. With his first three books making the best seller lists, the first two were adapted into films rather quickly. "The New Centurions" was on The New York Times best seller list for 32 straight weeks and opened to worldwide film audiences in August of 1972, while "The Blue Knight" aired to television audiences in 1973. Joe Wambaugh had become famous, and with that fame and notoriety came a myriad of problems he deemed too disruptive to the business of police work, forcing him to leave his beloved job for the LAPD and become a full-time writer. There were pranks at his station house, some officers with whom he served who treated him differently, and guest invitations on the talk show circuit, to name a few. When I asked how many appearances he'd made on "The Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson, alone, he answered with a humble reply of, "I don't know how many [for sure] but several."
Though he would go on to write 18 more books and create the popular television anthology, "Police
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Joseph Wambaugh
American writer, former policeman (born 1937)
Joseph Aloysius Wambaugh Jr. (born January 22, 1937)[1] is an American writer known for his fictional and nonfictional accounts of police work in the United States. Many of his novels are set in Los Angeles and its surroundings and feature Los Angeles police officers as protagonists. He won three Edgar Awards, and was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America.[2]
Early life
The son of a police officer, Wambaugh was born in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He joined the U.S. Marine Corps at age 17 and married at 18. Wambaugh is of Irish and German descent.[3]
Police career
Wambaugh received an associate of arts degree from Chaffey College and joined the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) in 1960. He served for 14 years, rising from patrolman to detective sergeant. He also attended Cal State Los Angeles, where he earned BA and MA degrees.
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Wambaugh's perspective on police work led to his first novel, The New Cent Born January 22, 1937, in East Pittsburgh, PA; son of Joseph Aloysius (a police officer and steelworker) and Anne Wambaugh; married Dee Allsup, November 26, 1955; children: Mark (deceased), David, Jeannette. Education: Chaffey College, A.A., 1958; California State College (now University), Los Angeles, B.A., 1960, M.A., 1968. Religion: Roman Catholic. Home—Rancho Mirage, CA. Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles, CA, 1960-74, began as patrolman, became detective sergeant; full-time writer, 1974—. Creator and consultant, Police Story, National Broadcasting Company (NBC-TV), 1973-77, and The Blue Knight, Columbia Broadcasting Company (CBS-TV), 1975-76. Military service: U.S. Marine Corps, 1954-57. Edgar Allan Poe Award for nonfiction, Mystery Writers of America, 1974, for The Onion Field, award for best motion picture, 1981, for The Black Marble, and award for best fact crime, 2003, for Fire Lover: A True Story; Rodolfo Walsh Prize for investigative jou
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