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count of Burglary in the First Degree; one count of Grand Larceny in the first Degree; one count of Grand Larceny in the second Degree; five counts of Grand larceny in the Third Degree; and one count of assault in the Third Degree. The witnesses against him were drug dealers he and his partner arrested in 1982, and who were promised to have their indictments dropped if they agreed to testify against Sánchez. After a lengthy trial, Sánchez was exonerated of every single charge, and he applied for reinstatement to his position. In 1988, after an administrative "
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reinstatement. The process of Sánchez's reinstatement review was so tainted that, in 1988, an "administrative error" sent his reinstatement appeal to two different Supreme Court justices at the same time, of which one ruled that he be rehired and the other upheld his dismissal. Sánchez documented these events in his autobiography
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Unknown to Sánchez, the people who wired him were friends of his lieutenant as well. Sánchez returned to the businessman and gathered enough information to implicate this lieutenant and captain on corruption charges. However, upon learning of the situation, the lieutenant and the captain transferred
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had the statutory authority to reinstate a police officer who had been exonerated after being fired. This statute has since been rescinded, and the NYPD police commissioner no longer has sole discretion to make such a decision, without a departmental hearing. This was the hearing that was denied to
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Sánchez served with the Port Authority from January 1971 to October 1973, during which time he discovered that his application for the NYPD had once again been rejected because of a technicality. He opted to take his case in front of the NYPD police review board and was finally accepted as a police
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During his years as a police officer, Sánchez learned that there were good police officers as well as corrupt ones. He also noticed that illegal acts committed by some of his fellow officers were often ignored and seldom reported by others, including some of his superiors who believed in a code of
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Upon exposing the illegal acts committed by some high-ranking NYPD officers, Sánchez was arrested on the basis of false allegations which were highly publicized by the news media, then subsequently refuted. When his initial conviction for assault was overturned, his case exposed the existence of a
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In 1982, Sánchez participated in a seizure of illegal drugs by the police with his partner, Herman Velez. A year later, in October, Sánchez was framed by some members of the police force with respect to the drug bust, and was indicted by a Special and Extraordinary Grand Jury in Manhattan for one
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Sánchez accidentally discovered that one of his lieutenants was receiving payments and sexual favors in exchange for protection. After issuing a routine traffic summons to the brother of a powerful businessman, Sánchez was invited to the businessman's office and asked if he would be interested in
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included Sánchez in a special panel where the host and many of the actors asked questions in regard as to how was the actual West Side of New York in the 1950s. The host shared the story of Sánchez's life in that section of Manhattan with those who were present in the event which included Mr.
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wrote that his tenure at the NYPD was marked by getting double-crossed by the Internal Affairs Division, which wired him up to catch a crooked lieutenant and captain; his arrest on the allegations of a drug dealer; and a conviction for assault that was overturned; and an unsuccessful bid for
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The injustice that Sánchez went through was the subject of a Baltimore Post Examiner article titled "Super Cop: Badge 3712, NYPD Officer Joe Sanchez’ tragic days" published on April 27, 2016. The article was written by Doug Poppa, a United States Army Military Police Veteran and former law
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in New York City and has nothing to do with his career in law enforcement. However, Sánchez who lived in the neighborhood where the opera house was built as a child, discusses what it was like living there and how the families who lived there were forced to move and relocate.
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After recovering from his wounds, Sánchez was discharged from the Army and he returned to New York City. There he met a young girl by the name of Lorraine Cassandra Pfaus, whom he married. He worked in various jobs, among them as a taxi and ambulance driver for the
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Sánchez, for fear that it would open "a can of worms" into how Sanchez was falsely accused by members of the department and the special state prosecutor. However, back in 1988, NYPD Commissioner Ward did have the authority - and Sánchez was not reinstated.
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interviewed AnnaBell Washburn, who was one of 12 jurors during Sánchez's trial in 1985. According to the interview Washburn tried to help Sánchez by writing letters to the then Special State Prosecutor
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Sánchez attempted to enlist, but for reasons unknown to him he was not accepted by any of the four military branches at the induction center at Whitehall Street. He then signed up for the
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providing protection for his drivers, "the same as your lieutenant and captain are doing." The businessman then offered him money. When Sánchez reported this situation to the NYPD
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that is as rough around the edges as the kid who grew up in the South Bronx in the 1950s and made it to the NYPD after a tour in Vietnam and brief stint as a Port Authority cop."
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The case went before the Appellate Court of New York where the decision was not in Sánchez's favor. The reason was that at that time, only NYPD Police Commissioner
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Division (IAD), they "wired" him with a recording device, with the supposed intent of gathering proof of his accusations against the lieutenant and the captain.
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As a corrections officer, Sánchez came into contact with many of the inmates he had arrested as a police officer in Washington Heights. He first worked at
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Sánchez wrote an autobiography which detailed his experiences in the NYPD, which was noted for its fierce honesty and detail. According to the New York
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at the age of 18. On January 16, 1967, on his twentieth birthday, he found himself with Company D, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry of the
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Sánchez graduated from the New York Police Academy after six months of training and was assigned to the 90th Precinct in
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Sánchez served in various precincts before being transferred to the 30th Precinct, a primarily residential area in
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Sánchez worked for Holmes Security as a night supervisor for three years, then worked as a mailman in
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Westmarland, Louise (June 2005). "Police Ethics and Integrity: Breaking the Blue Code of Silence".
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which played in selected theaters on January 13, 2018. The documentary is about the history of the
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who broke the Police Code of Silence when he reported his lieutenant and captain for corruption.
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Sánchez to another Court Division in the Bronx, and the IAD investigation was quietly shelved.
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Sánchez is also a published news editor, particularly with respect to issues of policing and
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police officer and author who published books about corruption within the
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Steven Spielberg consulted Sánchez during the filming of West Side Story
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Together with Mo Dhania, Sánchez is the author of the following books:
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The 1st Air Cavalry Division deploying under enemy fire in Vietnam
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Participation of Joe Sanchez in "The Opera House" documentary
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Video interviews by Suzannah B. Troy about Joe Sanchez. Parts
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Sánchez was featured in the documentary "The Opera House" by
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Super Cop: Badge 3712, NYPD Officer Joe Sanchez’ tragic days
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Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department
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code of silence among police officers known as the "
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Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
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Santurce, Puerto Rico
New York City Police Department

NYPD Commendation with bronze star

NYPD Excellent Police Duty
United States of America
United States Army
1st Air Cavalry Division (Mobile)
Vietnam War
Army Commendation Medal
Purple Heart
Author
New York City
New York City Police Department
Blue Wall of Silence
Santurce, Puerto Rico
New York City
Manhattan
South Bronx
United States Armed Forces

selective service
United States Army
1st Air Cavalry Division (Mobile)
Phan Thiết
South Vietnam
Viet Cong
Army Commendation Medal

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