"Gallo's streetwise memoir of policing Chicago's roughest neighborhood blends equal parts humor and regret. Gallo is at her best when straight forwardly detailing the earthly minutiae of 'cop life' or casting about the emotional costs of being both witness and enforcer amidst the violence of the inner city." --Publishers Weekly "A taste of life as a big-city cop--complete with comedy, drama and heartbreak." --The Chicago Tribune
GINA GALLO's career as a Chicago cop since 1982 has taken her into the projects, the gang infested inner city, and crime scenes most of us have only witnessed on the evening news. Her experience as a street cop, tactical officer, prostitution decoy, and in a variety of other police units provide her with limitless fodder for her stories.