Alyssa Rosenberg at the Washington Post offers an interview with Joseph Wambaugh, a former LAPD detective sergeant and the author of classic police novels like The Blue Knight and The Choirboys, as well as classic true-crime books like The Onion Field.
Joseph Wambaugh earned the title “father of the modern police novel” in 1971 when he published “The New Centurions,” a raw, emotional look at the experiences of a class of new Los Angeles Police Department cadets in the years leading up to the 1965 Watts riots. No matter who had written it, “The New Centurions” would be a masterpiece, as are Wambaugh’s other police books, including “The Onion Field,” a nonfiction account of the kidnapping of two LAPD officers. But Wambaugh drew special attention because of his day job: At the time “The New Centurions” was published, Wambaugh was a detective sergeant in the LAPD. His unique experiences helped usher in a new era in police storytelling.
You can read the interview via the below link:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2016/10/24/the-father-of-the-modern-police-novel-joseph-wambaugh-on-dragnet-police-shootings-and-hollywoods-action-addiction/?utm_term=.242ed2fe7b5d
I interviewed Joseph Wambaugh a while back. You can read my Q&A with him via the below link:
http://www.pauldavisoncrime.com/2009/11/semper-cop-interview-with-novelist.html
And you can read my Philadelphia Inquirer review of Joseph Wambaugh's Hollywood Station below:
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