NYPD Detective on Murder, Mobsters & Old New York | Jason Allison

NYPD Detective on Murder, Mobsters & Old New York | Jason Allison

Author: dee takos September 5, 2026 Duration: 2:25:53
Jason Allison looks back on 20 years in the NYPD, from growing up in the Bronx and working anti-crime and narcotics to investigating homicides, armed robbery crews, and federal cases with the ATF. We also discuss the darker side of 1990s New York, the club scene that inspired his new noir novel The Killing Yards, and his transition from detective to fiction writer.

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00:00 – Start
01:18 – Growing Up in the Bronx
06:07 – What 1980s New York City Was Really Like
09:02 – Crime, AIDS & Giuliani’s New York
14:31 – The 1990s NYC Club Scene
22:20 – Why Jason Became an NYPD Officer
24:39 – Starting Out as a Bronx Patrol Cop
28:21 – Street Racing, Prostitution & Hunts Point
31:08 – CompStat, Quotas & Policing by the Numbers
36:51 – Joining the NYPD’s Anti-Crime Unit
41:55 – Narcotics, OxyContin & Making Detective
49:14 – Becoming a Bronx Detective
53:34 – Working Homicides & the Victims True Crime Ignores
1:03:19 – Cooperators, Federal Cases & Building Bigger Investigations
1:08:08 – The Suitcase Torso Murder
1:09:08 – How Detective Work Changed With DNA, Cameras & Body Cams
1:22:39 – The Murder Case That Ended With a Severed-Head Selfie
1:26:19 – Joining ATF & Going After Armed Robbery Crews
1:29:28 – Tracking a Watch Store Robber Across the Country
1:34:04 – The Murder Case That Stayed With Him
1:38:39 – Surveillance From an NYPD Helicopter
1:46:17 – Retiring After 20 Years in the NYPD
1:55:05 – Trying to Reinvent Himself as a Writer
2:01:23 – Crime Fiction, Male Readers & the Writers Who Influenced Him
2:02:29 – Discovering His Half-Brother Was Also an NYPD Detective
2:08:10 – The Departed, Ambition & What Drives Criminals
2:14:29 – Russian Mafia, Israeli Organized Crime & the Diamond District
2:17:42 – Writing The Killing Yards & Recreating 1990s New York
2:19:22 – What Jason...

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