According to the book description of Bed-Stuy
The Way it Was, “This is a documentary of an officer, someone unprepared and untrained to achieve his
ambition of being a police officer in the New York City Police Department (NYPD). I am that officer, Alfonso (Al) Yevoli,
an American of Italian descent, a Brooklyn born boy (East New York) who benefited from being raised in the City that was called
the "Melting Pot". When I entered the Police Academy, I had great expectations! I thought that with the training
I would receive, I would be ready to face the world. Not so, as shortly after reporting to the 79th Precinct and after being
assigned to patrol, I found that there was little acceptance and a lot of mistrust. I would learn patrol by trial and error
and a process I refer to as learning the ABCs.”
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