marsyred

Hi Eliana - My father was a fireman (started a little before your time in the 80's) on 33 Engine on Great Jones St. He's shared with me some stories about cop-fireman dynamics and about the struggles of female cops. I'm curious if you have some perspective on these things:

Were your fellow police officers supportive of you or did you often feel alienated as a woman in the force? Did you patrol on foot? If so, what was that like (specifically since shooting cops in the neighborhood at that time was a common thing)?

My dad has also told me about arsons in tenements drug dens where the firefighters would be shot at as they responded. He says it kind of bitterly that the cops weren't supporting the firefighters in times like this, and firefighters have no training or protective gear for those types of situations. Did you experience things like that?

Thanks! I shared your movie with my pops :)

Will do! Thanks for sharing.

Edit: I just checked in with him about this, and he said that they had "coping cops in the cellar all the time." But I had his dates wrong, he was at that firehouse in the 70's - late 80's then moved onto Ladder15. So you didn't meet my dad! But thanks for that nice sentiment all the same.

lol, she said she was at the 1993 riots so she likely had some sort of negative encounter with sturgeon. also, c-squat is a squat that still exists (though it isn't technically a squat anymore).