I don't think Mike Hammer was an ex-cop, altho, since he was a veteran, I suppose he could've been a military cop.

But I don't recall that it ever came up in the stories.

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From: Bruce Johnson <xxxxxx@Pharmacy.Arizona.EDU>
To: "xxxxxx@simplelists.com" <xxxxxx@simplelists.com>
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2018 9:12 AM
Subject: Re: [TML] Playing with an idea...

On 10/19/18, 4:04 AM, "xxxxxx@simplelists.com on behalf of Jeff Zeitlin" <xxxxxx@simplelists.com on behalf of xxxxxx@freelancetraveller.com> wrote:

 

So how would that work? Most PIs in literature are former police.

 

Yes, many are, and some who weren't actual municipal cops had similar jobs

in e.g., the military - but not all of them; one of the most famous,

Sherlock Holmes, was not, for example; neither was Jessica Fletcher, of

_Murder, She Wrote_ fame. Nor, to the best of my knowledge, were the Harts

of _Hart to Hart_, or Remington Steele. So, while it's quite common, it's

not universal.

 

 

Jim Rockford, most notably, was an ex-coN not ex-coP.

 

Also, consider agencies, Pinkerton’s, for example, who is now a division of a Swedish multinational ‘security agency’. Or arguably, firms like Fusion GPS, or Black Cube.

 

And real-life PI’s have specialties , some, for example specialize in forensic accounting and such, tracking down hidden money, and rarely leave their office.

 

-- 
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group

Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs

 

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