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Seeds of Sunshine - A mother-daughter podcast - Retired NYPD Detective Vic Ferrari Turned Author

Retired NYPD Detective Vic Ferrari Turned Author

Seeds of Sunshine - A mother-daughter podcast

03/15/23 • 26 min

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Episode 35
Join your hosts Carmen and Sophia Micsa to find out all about NYPD detective Vic Ferrari
becoming a writer and listen to some of the funny stories he recounts.
Vic Ferrari, author of NYPD: Through The Looking Glass: Stories From Inside America’s Largest Police Department
, The NYPD’s Flying Circus: Cops, Crime & Chaos, Grand Theft Auto: The NYPD’s Auto Crime Division, and NYPD: Law & Disorder is a retired twenty-year member of the New York City Police Department who refuses to write in chronological order. With no formal training or Harvard degree, Vic’s managed to write four behind-the-scenes books about his former employer. With remarkable attention to detail combined with a sarcastic flair, Vic exposes the good, the bad, and the ugly of America’s largest police department.
Vic Ferrari has funny and insightful stories about both his careers as a police officer and writer:

  • He has worked for over 20 years in the NYPD department and afterward, he became a writer, as he needed to do something meaningful.
  • He is now working on his seventh book.
  • Ferrari knew ever since he was five/six years old that he wanted to become a police officer and has many fond childhood memories of police officers who inspired him to pursue this career.
  • As a police officer, Ferrari completed over 600 of his own arrests.
  • He even has a cute dog story that will warm your hearts.

On this Seeds of Sunshine episode:

  • You will learn about the joy of changing careers after retirement.
  • You will also get some interesting insights into the NYPD world.
  • Ferrari's books are inspired by the many events he experienced during his career as a cop, making his books quite popular with readers.

To buy Vic Ferrari's book, please visit his Amazon author's website:
Amazon.com: Vic Ferrari: books, biography, latest update
To follow him on social media, please go to:
(3) Author Vic Ferrari | Facebook
Vic Ferrari (@vicferrari50) • Instagram photos and videos
Vic Ferrari (@VicFerrari50) / Twitter

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Full editing credit & art design to my daughter Sophia Micsa.
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3. To follow me on social media, buy my books, or contact me about real estate, please visit
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03/15/23 • 26 min

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