Caulfield, Shield #911-NYPD
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My White House experience is also cherished. Very few people have the opportunity to serve the President of the United States, in that most special of all places, the White House. Those that do know full well the sacrifice and effort that goes into supporting their president during their precious time at that most sacred office in our land.
To my great personal regret, I am still deeply saddened by the events that led to the tragic resignation of a man I admired, Richard Milhous Nixon. He certainly had his faults but, candidly, I have many more than him and will always respect his intellect and the incredible dilemma he was confronted with as the madness that was Watergate unraveled before him.
In my personal error of trying to assist him in the waning moments of the Watergate cover-up, I can only say two things: (a) I was wrong in consenting to pass on a clemency message to James McCord, and (b) I am deeply grateful for the fact that my testimony was not necessary for the court proceedings, which ensued at the various Watergate trials and civil suits that followed.
Personal loyalty to the President was and is, I suggest, the most precious character trait that I have been blessed with.
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When author John Caulfield was growing up in the South Bronx in the 1930s, the Irish kids were raised to be firemen, cops, or priests. From a young age, he knew his future held one of those options. In this memoir, he narrates the story of his long career in law enforcement—a path that was anything but direct.
Caulfield, Shield #911-NYPD tells of Caulfield’s working first job at a grocery store at age ten, attending Catholic school, playing basketball at Rice High School, earning a basketball scholarship at Wake Forest College, being drafted into the army, and gaining his police shield—#911—in 1953.
It also details his experiences as an NYPD detective when assigned to its elite Bureau of Special Services and Investigations unit, whose prime mandate involved guarding visiting heads of state. In 1969, Caulfield took a leave of absence and joined the White House staff as staff assistant to President Richard Nixon; during that time, he coordinated more than ninety-three investigations. When Watergate occurred, Caulfield was serving as assistant director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms unit that investigated extremist groups in the United States. He testified before the Senate Watergate Committee in 1973.
In Caulfield, Shield #911-NYPD, Caulfield offers unique insight into the levels of the world security events in NYPD and the White House.
About the Author
John “Jack” Caulfield worked as a New York City Police Department detective in the unit charged with guarding heads of state. He joined the White House staff from 1969 to 1972 and testified before the Senate Watergate Committee on Capitol Hill. Now retired, Caulfield lives in Vero Beach, Florida.