Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast Inside the Mind of a Female Officer | Secrets to Catch Criminals
Jan 28, 2026
Marique Bartoldus, retired NYPD detective and author of Twenty & Out, shares vivid frontline stories from 20 years in patrol, narcotics, intelligence, and animal cruelty work. She talks about being a woman on the street, violent encounters and chases, informant handling and interrogation tactics, and the emotional toll of animal abuse investigations.
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Train For Real Fights
- Take self-defense training like Krav Maga before patrol to prepare for physical confrontations.
- Marique Bartoldus says getting punched in training helps you be ready when it happens on the street.
Concussion And The Cops' Roast
- Marique describes a brawl where she was punched, concussed, and later mocked by colleagues with her hospital photo.
- She returned after a week off and found the picture as a screensaver in processing.
Falling Out While Chasing A Suspect
- She fell out of a moving police car chasing a suspect because she had not buckled up.
- Marique tumbled, hit a tree, grabbed her radio, and kept chasing into a park but the suspect vanished.
