From Crack Wars to Crime Novels: Patrick O'Donnell's Journey

DEVIANT

Cold Open Media

True Crime

4.8 • 610 Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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(AUDIO ONLY) Former police sergeant Patrick O'Donnell joins Deviant Off Script to discuss his 25-year career with the Milwaukee Police Department, his experiences during the crack wars and his transition to becoming a best-selling author. Patrick shares crazy stories from his time on the force, insights into his post-retirement life and his work helping writers accurately depict police procedures in their work. Patrick's also gives a taste of his new book, 'The Good Collar.' GET PATRICK'S LATEST BOOK: https://copsandwriters.com/book/the-good-collar/ JOIN OUR PATREON: http://www.deviantpodcast.com Visit DEVIANT's socials: http://www.instagram.com/deviant.podcast http://www.tiktok.com/@deviant.podcast Copyright 2025 Cold Open Media LLC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.4	You have spent your entire life seeing some of the worst that humanity has to offer,
1:06.6	and after 25 years of that, you retire.
1:09.7	So what do you do next?
1:10.8	How do you follow that up?
1:12.2	Well, if you're a retired police sergeant for Milwaukee, like Patrick O'Donnell, you become a successful author and teach other writers how to write cops well.
1:22.1	That's who we're talking to today on Deviant Offscript.
1:25.5	Just a reminder, follow us on social at deviant.
1:29.3	Podcast on Instagram and TikTok and check out our Patreon.
1:33.4	Lots of good stuff, lots of extras for the stories we're telling at deviantpodcast.com.
1:39.5	Let's get into our chat with Patrick.
1:49.6	Thank you. into our chat with Patrick. Patrick O'Donnell, author, podcaster, author of the Bruce City Blues series of books,
1:56.1	and his new book, The Good Collar, joins us here today on Deviant Offscript.
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