Getting a Conviction for a Suspect Was the Best Decision I'd Ever Made

I was a homicide detective with the NYPD for just over 16 years, 16 years of misery, pain and death on a daily basis. In my first year of the job we bagged a guy who'd killed two tourists just to take a few dollars out of their wallets. That same guy took a plea deal, did just 14 years and was out in the second to last year of my time working for the Detectives Bureau. I think that's when I decided I'd just about had enough. As a homicide detective, you want to get murderers off the street for good, not to just delay the whole cycle of violence by just a decade or so.