Bo dietl biography detective

Shortly before nine in the morning last March 5, Detective Richard “Bo” Dietl walked into the shield room at Police Headquarters and turned his gold badge over to a young policewoman.

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She casually tossed it into a drawer without bothering to look up. A few minutes later, Dietl handed his laminated police identification card to a civilian clerk, who quickly inserted it into a punch press. The word retired was punched across his photo, and the card was handed back to him. He was free to go. Dietl was now an ex-cop.

Until his retirement at 35, Bo Dietl was probably the best detective in New York.

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He was one of the city’s most decorated cops, having received more than 62 Police Department medals and awards and dozens of public-service and community awards. He was credited with solving two of the city’s most publicized crimes. In 1981, Dietl and his partner tracked down the two men who raped and tortured a 30-year-old nun in an East Harlem convent.