The Inner Shield

The Inner Shield

New York’s Citywide Anti-Crime Unit (CWACU) was formed in 1970 to combat a crime wave that had transformed Manhattan into a city of unbridled violence, licentiousness, and corruption. The Unit was authorized to fight crime with “whatever means necessary” – in other words, to uphold the law by sometimes going outside the law. The Unit was thought of as the elite of New York City’s cops – just 250 out of the 28,000 cops in the Department. But among them were also the most trigger-happy and outrageous cops in the NYPD. Some were heroic, others were criminal. THE INNER SHIELD tells the true story of John “JP” Pomposello, a CWACU police officer who confronts crime and corruption and his own demons in the New York City of the 1960s and 1970s, when he, the city, and the country are falling apart. After 15 years of service, JP was awarded a total of 20 medals, including the Medal of Valor. When he’s not performing crime prevention lectures throughout the country, JP’s enjoys spending time with his wife in Santa Monica, California.