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Michael F. Dowd (born January 10, 1961) is a former New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer, drug distributor, and enforcer for the Dominican American Diaz criminal organization who was arrested in 1992 for running a drug ring out of Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. [1]
Jul 16, 2024 · Here, in one of the most dangerous precincts in the country, patrolled Michael Dowd, a cop who would become synonymous with the largest police corruption scandal in NYPD history.
May 7, 2015 · In 1994, when former NYPD officer Michael Dowd was convicted of narcotics conspiracy, he was considered one of the dirtiest cops in New York City history.
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Michael Dowd was born on January 10, 1961, in Brooklyn, New York. He was the third of seven children and was raised on Long Island by an Irish American firefighter. Dowd was bright, and his parents encouraged him to become a doctor, but he gravitated towards his father’s vocation in public service. Dowd took both police and firefighter tests after ...
With the crack wars at their peak, Michael Dowd’s supervisors spent little to no time overseeing officers who worked in New York’s poorest neighborhoods. Dowd shook dealers down with abandon, extorting them into protection payments — and he recruited some of his peers into the racket. “Life was wonderful,” he recalled. “Wonderful, sinful, and glori...
By the early 1990s, Michael Dowd was making so much money on the side that he sometimes forgot to pick up his actual NYPD paycheck. But he also started drinking heavily, often on the job, and he started using his own supply. And in 1992, his entire life came crashing down. “My wife kept telling me to stop. But I couldn’t stop,” recalled Dowd. “I lo...
Aug 7, 2015 · The story of Dowd, his swindling colleagues and their connections to a local drug lord is set out in a blistering new documentary, Precinct Seven Five. Directed by Tiller Russell, the film had...
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Aug 12, 2015 · During the crack cocaine epidemic of the 1980s, murders, muggings and robberies paralysed the streets of New York as drug dealers, gang members and pimps fought for supremacy.
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May 15, 2018 · Meet the dirtiest cop in New York City history. In the 1980s, Michael Dowd patrolled the mean streets of one of the toughest precincts in Brooklyn. He also headed a ruthless criminal network that stole money and drugs, ultimately resulting in the city's biggest ever corruption scandal.
