In 1985 he was assigned to the narcotics squad and had made detective by July 1987.
In Dallas, the paramilitary unit has been taken off most drug raids, which are carried out instead by the narcotics squad.
Soon, some residents began providing relevant tips, which were passed to the narcotics squad.
Newark, a city of 325,000, has 39 officers on the narcotics squad.
To get even that many officers for the narcotics squad, he stole from patrol squads.
"We have black officers with experience who can't even get on the narcotics squad," she said.
After having put his house under surveillance for six weeks, the narcotics squad obtained a search warrant.
"I was often scared to death," he said, describing his decade in narcotics squads.
The matter was closed, passed on to the narcotics squad.
The 16-year-old was fatally shot last Tuesday when an undercover narcotics squad tried to arrest him.