- Bo Dietl
Richard "Bo" Dietl is a former
New York City Police Department detective .Dietl currently serves as Chairman of the New York State Security Guard Advisory Council, appointed by Governor
George Pataki in 1995.NYPD career
After injuring his ankle in a skydiving accident, Dietl retired from the
NYPD in March 1985 (rather than take a desk job) and went on to found Beau Dietl & Associates, specializing in corporate investigations for major international companies. Among his clients areColumbia Pictures ,Coca-Cola , Grey Advertising,PaineWebber ,Lehman Brothers ,Bankers Trust and theSaudi Royal Family . Dietl was also given the secretKentucky Fried Chicken recipe to safeguard while the company's internal security was being revamped [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/K/KFC_SECRET?SITE=AZPHG&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT] . [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7430681]The Republican and Conservative Parties of New York State for the 6th Congressional District nominated Mr. Dietl for the U.S. Congress in 1986. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7430681]
Film
In 1998 Dietl's autobiography "One Tough Cop: The Bo Dietl Story" was made into the film
One Tough Cop starringStephen Baldwin as Bo Dietl. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0122642/]The plot in
Abel Ferrara 's crime drama "Bad Lieutenant " is mainly inspired by Dietl's investigation of the rape of a young nun. Dietl played a role in the movie, which hadHarvey Keitel as the anti-hero, as one of the investigating detectives.Dietl also played the narc who arrests
Henry Hill in Martin Scorsese's 1990 film, "Goodfellas ".Radio and Television
Dietl is a frequent guest of
Don Imus on the "Imus in the Morning " radio program on WABC radio and simulcast on RFD-TV. He has also appeared on "The Daily Show " withJon Stewart .According to "The New York Times", Dietl claimed to have talked to Imus just after the cancellation of the MSNBC simulcast of Imus' morning show on
April 11 ,2007 . Dietl said that he had just talked by telephone with the host, and that Imus' mood was "very down, very upset about what occurred with MSNBC. I said to him that they didn't even give him time to talk to the victims. He agreed with me."External links
* [http://www.beaudietl.com Beau Dietl & Associates]
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* [http://www.thecommentary.ca/ontheline/20050511a.html Audio interview with Bo Dietl]
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