[Phlap]

Prior to being a rocker, he was a NYC policeman.

[BansheeBill]

Prior to being a rocker, he was a NYC policeman.
Prior to becoming a rocker, he was a typist for the NYC Police. It was said he had passed the civil servoice exam to become a police office.

[BansheeBill]

I know its all over the net that he was a NYC cop, but this is him from an LA Times interview:

Everyone thinks I used to be a cop. I was a police trainee, a typist. I got to work in the police department. I did the roll call every morning. My dad was patrolman of the year, and I was like this undercover typist. I was in a band at night, getting stoned all the time and growing my hair long and driving my dad nuts. This captain that hated me fired me for writing a personal letter on police department stationary.

[Neidermeyer]

Prior to being a rocker, he was a NYC policeman.
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Eddie Mahoney ... He toured with Elvis Costello for Columbia records when they were both new artists ,, he apparently still had the cop attitude at that time and was not well liked.