One of the main reasons Pop s stories have so much depth and detail is because he patrolled the streets of the same city as an adult that he once called his stomping grounds as a kid It wasn t uncommon for some of the most ridiculous people he d dealt with as a cop to have been his friends or schoolmates at one point in time A shining example of this was the time my old man found himself wrapped up in a childhood acquaintance s plot to assassinate President Reagan 