From Radio Intern to NYPD Intel: NYPD Det. Lee Wittek’s Wild Ride Through the Boroughs

Retired NYPD Intelligence/Counter Terrorism Detective Lee Wittek recounts his journey from a globe-trotting childhood and radio career to joining the NYPD at 28. Early frustrations in the academy turn into purpose after a dramatic on-scene discovery, launching a long career in housing, plainclothes anti-crime work, and specialized intelligence and counterterrorism.

The episode covers gritty patrol work, building cases like early ghost-gun investigations, the teamwork of special units, the demands on family life, and the professionalism required to run tactical operations and intelligence investigations in New York City.

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