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jmra wrote:Reminds me of all the movies I've seen where the detectives all meet after work at the cop bar. Of course they all still have their badge on their belt and gun on the hip with a jacket on. Most seem half hammered by the time they leave. Couldn't believe that was anywhere close to reality, but what do I know. Never been part of that community.

Trust me, it is not far off from reality. It is not all cops and not every night, but there are enough out there to keep cop bars in business in every decently sized city. The ones I have been in have the patrolmen in plainclothes mixing with the off duty detectives, but it would not surprise me if NY had bars by precinct or by job (patrolmen at one, detectives at another, etc.).