![]() ![]() The century-old Irish lock on the NYPD and the fire department is easily proven simply by noting the preponderance of Irish surnames on the two departments’ rosters.Īfter high school, Shea joined the Marine Corps in 1965 and served his three-year stint with a thirteen-month tour of duty in Vietnam, coming home to New York in 1968. No doubt, the disproportionate numbers of Irish-Americans who flocked to the Rockaways in the early 1900s had something to do with that. For years this sandy peninsula that juts out into the Atlantic has provided many of the rank and file for the New York City Police Department (NYPD). Hailing from the Rockaways in the borough of Queens, Shea had plenty of company from his home turf joining the force. Socially, and perhaps even environmentally, he was destined to don New York City blue. In his late fifties, with a wavy pompadour of reddish brown hair, the map of Ireland on his face, Shea was hardwired by genetics to be a cop. If central casting asked for a streetwise New York City cop, a double for Frank Shea would answer the call. Some people just look right for their job. ![]()
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