I was living in New York while I earned a Ph.D. in psychology. I took various jobs working my was through grad school. I had a couple phone sales jobs and found out on the job I was working for mobsters because Mafia families owned legit businesses. I also worked as an insurance claims rep. One time I was sent out to settle a claim at a trucking company involving some burned-out trucks. I had sight drafts which were checks to close claims hopefully before they got a lawyer. At the trucking company I sense mobsters owned the company. One macho Italian guy took me aside and handed me a bunch of cash while asking for a nice settlement. I gave him the cash back, wrote him a check for thousands, and left. I think I should have taken the bribe. New York is such a jungle of corruption.
i was police in Newark NJ at age 19 in 1976 . I worked there a little over 3 years and was ripping dealers the last year and a half , could disappear when you felt like it most times , badge Americard kept me out of trouble in New Jersey and New York city , my whole family was police , it was impossable to get in trouble . Dealing qualudes getting 1000 and selling in batches of twenty , a few pounds of weed and off quarter, half and full pounds , quarter oz of coke and selling 1/2, 1/4 and occasional ounce thinking this shit would never end . At 22 i knew i would not survive a career as a cop I would be dead or in jail . Even as a 19 year old knucklehead i knew itching to play with my gun i knew using it eveñ when necessary could jam me up. I was sworn in as a firefighter at 22 in 1980 same year Muke started the NYPD. Switching to Fire Dept kept me from ending up in similar situatiins as Mike . To be honest it was even tough doing the next 22 years and escaping with a pension was a miracle . 5 rehabs and multiple detoxes and i somehow left as a captain. By the wat watching the job change and New guys guys coming on after 911 thinking they are hero's. These guys thought nothing of squealing on guys to ass kiss or even get a station change. There was a line outside the Cheifs door to squeal. What saved me was knowing mt job , not being a prick boss and knowing where the skeletons were buried , and of course keeping my mouth shut😊 36:49
What a crazy story you had. Thank God you got out the Game. Dowd was so deep in it his conscious was killing him - he cried out for help. We know things in Los Angeles County have changed for officers and deputies - they can now get alcohol counseling without fear of losing their job. Which makes so much sense. Lots of politics in departments still remain the same State to State. We have been told some crazy stories not involving corruption but the ass kissing and affirmative action stuff that are mind blowing.
@@cinemillstv yes , its not the same job , all the new guys are not squealing , but enough that it sucks for the decent kids coming on , its a shame all i can say is thanks for the ride and way ahead of the game been retired from F.D. 20 years in Dec living in S.E. Asia
Lay low save a little Cheddar - Thailand here we come. Save us seat. Your story is a movie - the guy who made it out with the tax free pension and having the time of your life and stretching your US dollar.
@@cinemillstv way ahead of the game !!!! Im in Philippines now , been here a while , spent time in Thailand almost wish i was never there , i cant forget it . Thailand is just as cheap as P.I. maybe cheaper and has nicer beaches , better and less expensive hotel much better food . Lots of fun but me being me i might end up hurting myself 😂 also that Buddhist stuff is a beautiful idea but a little too set it my own beliefs to grasp it . They are always saying to me " you think too much " no shit
I really wish people interviewing him would ask about things that happened that hasn't already been discussed in the Seven Five or any of the 83 interviews he's done since then. I'm sure he has many more stories so please ask him!!
I really enjoyed it. This guy is something else. I was born in New York City, in the 60s. My uncles partners, and friends owned restaurant bars. I remember 2 cops. Irish ,and an Italian. The bar owner would ask me to carry them to the police car. I was a 14 yrs old, skinny kid, carry this guy's drunk. They used to put their police hats, on me, so I could carry them to their car. Their hats would danced on my head. This were big guys.
In the middle of the 70s, and 80s, If you didn't had a ball, but you wanted to play, and you knew how to steal bases, you were invited anywhere you went. Money, women, deals, fashion etc. Everybody was hustling some how. From the cops, to the teachers, lawyers, doctors, pilots, social workers, Everybody. Even if you wasn't in the game, someone you knew ,brought you a gift.
Maybe. But it’s true. Dowd was a clownish junkie that gave away his honor for small amounts of money and drugs. Eppolito and Caracapa were stone cold killers and had no souls. But the dude Hydell that they kidnapped for Anthony Casso was a rapist so no big loss there.
Mike I got on the job in 1994 at that time it was The NYC Transit Police . I never judged you . I just thought you had some really big ones . A few of us actually bought your 75 Tee in support .
aside from the harm he may have caused his victims and the NYPD - this guy really is one crazy mofo and you've gotta love and respect him to some degree😆There is no one like new yorkers - and 70's and 80's New York by the sounds. Loco loco. Huge amount of docs and films etc on the time and place though..and room for plenty more id say
Hey Mike just remember that all the Saints were sinners, please remember to advocate recovery recovery recovery nothing to be ashamed about! It will definitely help others suffering from this disease. I lived in a cop family for more than 40 years I can understand every word that comes out of your mouth please realize that you will be suffering from PTSD for quite some time and you have the NYPD to thank for that! Would love to shoot the bull😊 you sometime I am a second generation AA and have 37 years of ssobriety the program really works!!!
Porto Rican friend shows me how to mix power cocaine and baking soda and add heat, then cold water and it is real freebase. What a rush, it was incredible. I would die of a heart attack today at 59, but back then it was a different era. First time I saw crack was in Far Rockaway Queens N.York.
I remember u dowd.....I drove a car service from howard beach area....I used to run all the local crackheads to your pricinct....all my inlaws lived over by Grant A train close to cityline...near Pitkin ave.....u should remember Crack head Donald the other guy that used to buy Crack and drive for buffys car service
The 75 & 73 were crazy in those days. There were plenty cops involved and they all felt invincible. You would hear "wo 12 wo 13" on the radio then hear "puppy dog roll over" two minutes later (shout out to those who know the meaning of those two terms)
"WO" (watch out) 12/13 division number (75 or 73) meaning someone spotted inspections/IAB or "unknown suits" on the prowl. Puppy dog roll over is one of those things that if you don't know you don't need to 😉
Dowd might have been Scarface, but he desperately needed the Frank Lopez "guys who want it all, they don't last"-speech. Had he just kept the shit low-key he could have sufficed with 2 homes and a Corvette and been happy.
Gonken greed is bad some guys want it all. Mike could of sailed off into the sunset with his pension and Family in tact but he admitted he started to believe he was a Street God.....He was a Haza - a pig that didn't fly straight.......
I remember the 80s very very well grandmaster flash and the furious 5 the message great new york song but yea the 80s what a fn wild wild decade coming out of the 70s magicaly wild the 70s man thanks mike love you mike i fn get it and i fn get you and i fn love you mike i hope you get this comment message seriously take care
@@kevinfahey1968 MICHAEL DOWD IS THE FUCKIN MAN !! MY ONLY REGRET IN LIFE IS NOT TAKING THAT TEST FOR ID BE 10 YEARS RETIRED FULL PENSION AND WITH MORE MONEY THAN ILL EVER NEED !! COPS ARE JUST PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR THE STATE. YET BELIEVE THEY ARE BETTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE. HE WHO HAS NO SIN MAY CAST A STONE!! ALL COPS ARE CRIMINALS ALL SINNERS SAINTS. MICHAEL DOWD!!! #1 NYPD!!
First of all it's not seventy five. Its 7 5 daaaaaaaaaaaaa hey mike rem $275 300 a week break it down. Walking a foot beat post it SUCKED now everybody's like a country club Everybody's Got a Car you never see a guy on foot post my uncle was a gold shield he was my training officer great times great days and I ate whatever they was whatever was given to me and remember a good cop always has a full belly and never wet when it's raining
@@marc108 You don't think that you're the one denying that it might not be the case, which you in turn project on me? I mean you probably think you're massively open minded while showing obvious trouble with thinking outside the box 🤷.
@@Gonken88 interesting response and I will give that a consideration. For me and the many people who have been at times been the obvious subject of such behavior I am probably a bit more jaded than the average person.. but I digress.
I was living in New York while I earned a Ph.D. in psychology. I took various jobs working my was through grad school. I had a couple phone sales jobs and found out on the job I was working for mobsters because Mafia families owned legit businesses. I also worked as an insurance claims rep. One time I was sent out to settle a claim at a trucking company involving some burned-out trucks. I had sight drafts which were checks to close claims hopefully before they got a lawyer. At the trucking company I sense mobsters owned the company. One macho Italian guy took me aside and handed me a bunch of cash while asking for a nice settlement. I gave him the cash back, wrote him a check for thousands, and left. I think I should have taken the bribe. New York is such a jungle of corruption.
This title should say “NYC most corrupt cop ever”…… To get caught!!
I was thinking the same thing when I read the video title, far worse that never got caught because they knew not to be flashy and arrogant.
i was police in Newark NJ at age 19 in 1976 . I worked there a little over 3 years and was ripping dealers the last year and a half , could disappear when you felt like it most times , badge Americard kept me out of trouble in New Jersey and New York city , my whole family was police , it was impossable to get in trouble . Dealing qualudes getting 1000 and selling in batches of twenty , a few pounds of weed and off quarter, half and full pounds , quarter oz of coke and selling 1/2, 1/4 and occasional ounce thinking this shit would never end . At 22 i knew i would not survive a career as a cop I would be dead or in jail . Even as a 19 year old knucklehead i knew itching to play with my gun i knew using it eveñ when necessary could jam me up. I was sworn in as a firefighter at 22 in 1980 same year Muke started the NYPD. Switching to Fire Dept kept me from ending up in similar situatiins as Mike . To be honest it was even tough doing the next 22 years and escaping with a pension was a miracle . 5 rehabs and multiple detoxes and i somehow left as a captain. By the wat watching the job change and New guys guys coming on after 911 thinking they are hero's. These guys thought nothing of squealing on guys to ass kiss or even get a station change. There was a line outside the Cheifs door to squeal. What saved me was knowing mt job , not being a prick boss and knowing where the skeletons were buried , and of course keeping my mouth shut😊 36:49
What a crazy story you had. Thank God you got out the Game. Dowd was so deep in it his conscious was killing him - he cried out for help. We know things in Los Angeles County have changed for officers and deputies - they can now get alcohol counseling without fear of losing their job. Which makes so much sense. Lots of politics in departments still remain the same State to State. We have been told some crazy stories not involving corruption but the ass kissing and affirmative action stuff that are mind blowing.
@@cinemillstv yes , its not the same job , all the new guys are not squealing , but enough that it sucks for the decent kids coming on , its a shame
all i can say is thanks for the ride and way ahead of the game been retired from F.D. 20 years in Dec living in S.E. Asia
Lay low save a little Cheddar - Thailand here we come. Save us seat. Your story is a movie - the guy who made it out with the tax free pension and having the time of your life and stretching your US dollar.
@@cinemillstv way ahead of the game !!!! Im in Philippines now , been here a while , spent time in Thailand almost wish i was never there , i cant forget it . Thailand is just as cheap as P.I. maybe cheaper and has nicer beaches , better and less expensive hotel much better food . Lots of fun but me being me i might end up hurting myself 😂 also that Buddhist stuff is a beautiful idea but a little too set it my own beliefs to grasp it . They are always saying to me " you think too much " no shit
Lol I am sure your enjoying it out there. Enjoy some adobo for us....
I really wish people interviewing him would ask about things that happened that hasn't already been discussed in the Seven Five or any of the 83 interviews he's done since then. I'm sure he has many more stories so please ask him!!
I really enjoyed it. This guy is something else. I was born in New York City, in the 60s. My uncles partners, and friends owned restaurant bars. I remember 2 cops. Irish ,and an Italian. The bar owner would ask me to carry them to the police car. I was a 14 yrs old, skinny kid, carry this guy's drunk. They used to put their police hats, on me, so I could carry them to their car. Their hats would danced on my head. This were big guys.
Yeah he really is something else... he's a POS... is what he is...
The 75th is an amazing documentary.
Hes such a likable charismatic guy. A #1 hustler and manipulator as well. Very inteligent
In the middle of the 70s, and 80s, If you didn't had a ball, but you wanted to play, and you knew how to steal bases, you were invited anywhere you went. Money, women, deals, fashion etc. Everybody was hustling some how. From the cops, to the teachers, lawyers, doctors, pilots, social workers, Everybody. Even if you wasn't in the game, someone you knew ,brought you a gift.
doesn't that still happen? lol
He’s not the most corrupt cop in NYPD history. Eppolitto and Caracapa were much worse.
Johnny - its like splitting hairs.....But yeah those guys were a little worse because they were killers.....
i agree...contract killers for the mafia...
@@cinemillstv I’d love to hear their stories?
@@anthonykology1728
Go watch Ur boyfriend Sammy the 🐁 gravano
Maybe. But it’s true. Dowd was a clownish junkie that gave away his honor for small amounts of money and drugs. Eppolito and Caracapa were stone cold killers and had no souls. But the dude Hydell that they kidnapped for Anthony Casso was a rapist so no big loss there.
Mike I got on the job in 1994 at that time it was The NYC Transit Police . I never judged you . I just thought you had some really big ones . A few of us actually bought your 75 Tee in support .
Only God can judge. Mike Dowd is a good man that just got caught in a vortex.
I saw the seven five documentary. It's really good.
YOU'RE really good.
That’s his partner Kenny at the start !! Great interview
Jack Nicholson’s most convincing role ever
This guy went overboard big time. He took mental illness to another level.
$1,000/month rent in 1982? no way. a decent apartment then would go for about $500 or less
You know when you've reached success when you wear sunglasses inside 🤣🤣🤣 I still think he can tell a good story 👌 fair play bro
He got off easy.
Of course he was a cop..IMO he should still be in prison
There are a lot of people getting off easy nowadays. Career criminals being let out of jail time after time. And for serious offenses.
i love these Mike Dowd stories
Mike dowd is teally a great story teller.
17k in 1982 is equal to 55k today.
Corruption begins with that first free cup of coffee.
Michael went to deep down the rabbit hole. When your doing blow off the dash of police cruiser you've gone too far...
Love the channel!
Roy let us know who youd like us to get next?Thank you for your support….
I wish Mike nothing but the best
aside from the harm he may have caused his victims and the NYPD - this guy really is one crazy mofo and you've gotta love and respect him to some degree😆There is no one like new yorkers - and 70's and 80's New York by the sounds. Loco loco. Huge amount of docs and films etc on the time and place though..and room for plenty more id say
Love, respect and this guy go together as much as water and oil.
Totally contradictory.
Hey Mike just remember that all the Saints were sinners, please remember to advocate recovery recovery recovery nothing to be ashamed about! It will definitely help others suffering from this disease. I lived in a cop family for more than 40 years I can understand every word that comes out of your mouth please realize that you will be suffering from PTSD for quite some time and you have the NYPD to thank for that! Would love to shoot the bull😊 you sometime
I am a second generation AA and have 37 years of ssobriety the program really works!!!
Nah , religion is for jerk offs
I am Frank Garrett from Stilwell Oklahoma. Ok I am a Bail Bond Bounty hunter officer now.
Porto Rican friend shows me how to mix power cocaine and baking soda and add heat, then cold water and it is real freebase. What a rush, it was incredible. I would die of a heart attack today at 59, but back then it was a different era. First time I saw crack was in Far Rockaway Queens N.York.
Circa 1985.
The most intense feeling was shooting high grade powder cocaine, that can kill a young man actually though it didn't kill me.
I remember u dowd.....I drove a car service from howard beach area....I used to run all the local crackheads to your pricinct....all my inlaws lived over by Grant A train close to cityline...near Pitkin ave.....u should remember Crack head Donald the other guy that used to buy Crack and drive for buffys car service
Dowd remembers Crack head Donald for sure.
He is not the most corrupt..he only got caught
Marc your probably right
The 75 & 73 were crazy in those days. There were plenty cops involved and they all felt invincible. You would hear "wo 12 wo 13" on the radio then hear "puppy dog roll over" two minutes later (shout out to those who know the meaning of those two terms)
Explain please
Morgue Boys
Fetch 75
Yes siir i rermember
"WO" (watch out) 12/13 division number (75 or 73) meaning someone spotted inspections/IAB or "unknown suits" on the prowl. Puppy dog roll over is one of those things that if you don't know you don't need to 😉
Dowd might have been Scarface, but he desperately needed the Frank Lopez "guys who want it all, they don't last"-speech. Had he just kept the shit low-key he could have sufficed with 2 homes and a Corvette and been happy.
Gonken greed is bad some guys want it all. Mike could of sailed off into the sunset with his pension and Family in tact but he admitted he started to believe he was a Street God.....He was a Haza - a pig that didn't fly straight.......
Was small potatos in reality. I knew guys that there were.moving shoeboxes full of H every week in the early 80s
Mike's a interesting person 🍿👍
Tom how are you doing? Are you beefing with all the Mob guys or staying out of that swamp?
@@cinemillstv just creating some dope content. Just interviewed Pablo Escobar’s wife. Love your guys work, we should collab some time
Keep up the good work.......you seem to be the only intellectual in the space.....
@@cinemillstv love your guys work as well!!! Let’s connect at some point
watched the doc last night. incredible what him and his partner did then his partner turning on him at the end
Mike I would love to meet you!
Mike's awesome
10:15 Come on man.... I like how he quickly changed then subject. We all know the thin blue line is alive and well in policing today. Silly question.
I remember the 80s very very well grandmaster flash and the furious 5 the message great new york song but yea the 80s what a fn wild wild decade coming out of the 70s magicaly wild the 70s man thanks mike love you mike i fn get it and i fn get you and i fn love you mike i hope you get this comment message seriously take care
Thanks
Better than issuing tickets to widow and orphans
In Phil’s also lots of cops are corrupt too
Nothing to admire.
the drug dealers are entrepreneurs too
Italian and Scotts Irish, just like me, and grew up in Long Island.
"I had an entrepreneurial spirit"
No Serpico him
IF REAL AND TRUTH JUSTICE FOR THIS CASE
He was born in 1962 and I was born in 1963.
and?
that photo in the beginning was eurell, not dowd
Dowd!
Who does he think he is Alit with those stupid sunglasses??
Try the shut up button,.its right in front of ya
Díaz is with cuban cigars now making money never stops
How can he sit there in front of the police badge makes me feel sick
Kevin - Mike disgraced the Badge and has served his time and if there is any redemption he has helped Police agencies identify corruption.
I should’ve locked him up and threw away the keys do you want to interview a good, interview Tommy dates
@@kevinfahey1968 MICHAEL DOWD IS THE FUCKIN MAN !! MY ONLY REGRET IN LIFE IS NOT TAKING THAT TEST FOR ID BE 10 YEARS RETIRED FULL PENSION AND WITH MORE MONEY THAN ILL EVER NEED !! COPS ARE JUST PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR THE STATE. YET BELIEVE THEY ARE BETTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE.
HE WHO HAS NO SIN MAY CAST A STONE!! ALL COPS ARE CRIMINALS ALL SINNERS SAINTS.
MICHAEL DOWD!!! #1 NYPD!!
@@kevinfahey1968 Don’t watch it then! Take a walk
Ohhh who cares ! He paid a big price!
Sick of dowd bragging about his corrupt past, like he's an old Hollywood actor. Sit down, you should be ashamed.
First of all it's not seventy five. Its 7 5 daaaaaaaaaaaaa hey mike rem $275 300 a week break it down. Walking a foot beat post it SUCKED now everybody's like a country club Everybody's Got a Car you never see a guy on foot post my uncle was a gold shield he was my training officer great times great days and I ate whatever they was whatever was given to me and remember a good cop always has a full belly and never wet when it's raining
Why you wearing sunglasses Mike??? Don't tell me it's cuz of the lights.
mouth looks a little funny. i’m sure he knows where to get the good
Make a series please. 2 hr movies suck.
Ben Stiller, Adam Sandler, whatever one of the Hollywood jews!
Seems antisemitic or jealousy
@@marc108 Those are the only alternatives you could think of? Dang...
@@Gonken88 it's a fact...deny deny but it is the unfortunate underbelly
@@marc108 You don't think that you're the one denying that it might not be the case, which you in turn project on me? I mean you probably think you're massively open minded while showing obvious trouble with thinking outside the box 🤷.
@@Gonken88 interesting response and I will give that a consideration. For me and the many people who have been at times been the obvious subject of such behavior I am probably a bit more jaded than the average person.. but I digress.
Let's compare this to the monologue he gave with soft white underbelly and pick apart his lies.
Already did and he's very consistent.
😂