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In this special bonus episode of the Cops and Writers Podcast, retired Milwaukee Police Sergeant Patrick O’Donnell reads Chapter 30, The Satin Doll, from his book:

Police Stories: Street Cop to Sergeant — True Crime, Chaos, & Life as a Big City Cop

These are true stories from Patrick’s years working the streets of Milwaukee as a veteran officer, FTO, and eventual sergeant — stories of chaos, dark humor, tragedy, and survival that don’t make it onto TV shows.

All stories are real. Names and locations have been changed where necessary.

🎧 This episode includes:

• A foot chase that ends when a suspect runs face first into the side of a building
• The unexpected appearance of an elderly woman carrying a pearl handled revolver
• The legend of Minnette Wilson, the Satin Doll, who saved two Milwaukee police officers during the riots of the 1960s and was gifted a revolver by the chief of police
• Her connection to Duke Ellington and the song that may have been written about her
• A piece of Milwaukee history that most people never knew existed

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📘 Police Stories: Street Cop to Sergeant is available now.
Link: https://a.co/d/04dS56ie

📘 Haven’t read book one yet?
Police Stories: The Rookie Years — True Crime, Chaos, & Life as a Big City Cop is available now. Link https://a.co/d/0ekdgjK3

📘 Get ahead of the curve.
Police Stories: Rookie Sergeant is available for preorder now. Link: https://a.co/d/0i1LVvNm

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