![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He still hangs out at cop bars and rides patrols while doing his research-recently averaging several years per book. His literary output has been rated positively by critics as a realistic-as opposed to sensationalist-view of what police do Wambaugh prides himself on sticking close to the source. In between, there was “The Blue Knight,” “The Onion Field” and “The Blooding.” His 12th and latest book “The Golden Orange,” published last year, is about an alcoholic, ex-Newport Beach cop’s encounters with the decadence of Orange County. He has also made a great living writing bestsellers, both fiction and nonfiction, about cops and their cases, beginning with “The New Centurions”-written while Wambaugh was still working the burglary detail. He was one of them, retiring in 1971, as a sergeant, after 14 years in the Los Angeles Police Department. ![]()
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