Leaving the NYPD Emergency Service Unit (excluding because of retirement) is a rarity. Usually, it’s for other elite units or really special details/assignments, for Jim McVey in 1995, that was exactly the case.
With 11 years in the unit and 14 on the job, he not only tried something entirely new, he in the process took a gigantic leap of faith. Spoiler alert…it worked. Nearly 30 years later, he’s still flying, with 6 of those years spent assisting cops on the ground in the NYPD’s Aviation Unit.
Glad I finally got to profile Jim for Volume 37 of The E-Men: Inside The NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit!
Outro Song: Therapy – Unbeliever (1994)
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