Wilhelm shares his experiences as a LAPD motorcycle officer--a career which spanned 20+ years. When he began patrolling the 468 square mile city in the 1950s, there was only one freeway. Ride along with a motor officer as he patrols the "City of Angels…"
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"Bill's short stories as a motor officer for the LAPD are an historical account of man against machine, odds and circumstances. To have ridden a million-plus miles...is a tribute to the grit and dedication of those road warriors of the era." --Melvin W. Mouser, Retired California Police Chief
Code Two and a Half offers a fascinating look at the career of an LAPD motor officer during the fifties and sixties, through boredom, tickets, riots and earthquakes. Take a trip down the highway with Bill Wilhelm - his nostalgic memoir shows there's not all that much difference between patrolling on a Harley in Los Angeles and patrolling on a subway train in New York City. Captain Zoom, we salute you! --Trebor Nehoc, Retired NYC Transit Officer and author of The Electric Sewer
Code Two n a Half gives the reader an unbiased and uncensored look inside a large metropolitan police department. Bill Wilhelm writes brilliantly in such a way that he let s you live the life of a real life cop - the fear, the anger and the frustration. I had flashbacks just reading his book. --J McKay, former DEA officer and author of The Damned Never Die
Code Two and a Half offers a fascinating look at the career of an LAPD motor officer during the fifties and sixties, through boredom, tickets, riots and earthquakes. Take a trip down the highway with Bill Wilhelm - his nostalgic memoir shows there's not all that much difference between patrolling on a Harley in Los Angeles and patrolling on a subway train in New York City. Captain Zoom, we salute you! --Trebor Nehoc, Retired NYC Transit Officer and author of The Electric Sewer
Code Two n a Half gives the reader an unbiased and uncensored look inside a large metropolitan police department. Bill Wilhelm writes brilliantly in such a way that he let s you live the life of a real life cop - the fear, the anger and the frustration. I had flashbacks just reading his book. --J McKay, former DEA officer and author of The Damned Never Die
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After serving in the Marine Corps during WWII, Wilhelm joined the Los Angeles Police Department. For twenty years, eighteen as a motor officer, he patrolled LA s streets and freeways, logging more than one million miles without a preventable accident. He is now enjoying his retirement in California's Grass Valley.
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Code Two 'n a HalfThis book is a great read, especially for anyone that grew up in Southern California in the 1950s-1970s.Wilhelm was a motorcycle cop in Los Angeles and if you think this is just a job writing traffic tickets you are wrong. This man went through the Watts riots, the Sylmar earthquake, and the Northridge student riots and has the scars and broken bones to prove it. With over a million motoring miles, he has seen it all - violent drunks, silly drunks, naked women, beheaded accident victims, high-speed chases, and near-death experiences. It is a wonder he is alive, and in fact many of his career partners are not - dead through criminal violence or accident while doing their best to "protect and serve" the citizenry of Los Angeles. The book is well written and entertaining throughout. He loved his career but it didn't make me want to become a motorcycle cop. But that is my problem.
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I ordered this book when my Parents told me that "Bill" had written a book about his career as a LAPD Motor Officer. I knew Bill because he was also a Member of the Motorcycle Club that my Parents belonged to while I was growing up, so I was interested in seeing what he had written.When I started to read the book I found it hard to put down,his stories covered the area's that I both worked and lived in. He covers his career with humor and seriousness. If you have any interest in what it was like to be Police (Motor) Officer in the City of Los Angeles then you will enjoy his collection of stories.
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I grew up in San Fernando Valley and the book brings back memories. The book is very well written and once I picked it up I couldn't put it down. My thanks to Bill Wilhelm for an accurate and entertaining picture of LA and the San Fernando Valley during the 50s and 60s.
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