About the author
Sal Mistretta served honorably in the United States Marine Corps for 4 years. He later joined the New York City Police Department (NYPD), and served there for 3 1/2 years as a patrol officer, before joining the Nassau County Police Department (NCPD), where he completed his law enforcement career, spanning over 26 years. During his law enforcement career, he initially served as a patrol officer and later became a field training officer, riding on patrol with new recruits to train them beyond the classroom. Beyond patrol, he joined the Central Testing Section and became a state certified breath analysis operator, which led to him being one of the few members of the NCPD to become a nationally certified drug recognition expert. He then joined the Pistol License Section and became a state certified investigator. He later was promoted to sergeant, and became the commanding officer of the Pistol License Section for over 5 years.