Robert Rainis:  

After graduating SFP i attended CUNY-Barauch College for only two semesters. that was the first year of "open enrollment' and I was "bumped" from going to Queens college because of my ethnic background. I had been working since a teenager at the NY Fruit Auction a large facility adjacent to hunts Pt Terminal market. My father, Bob Sr was a fruit auctioneer, a now dead profession. Working as a "checker" during the day and a longshoreman at nite unloading rr cars and over the road trucks i was given a f/t position and 200 per wk! by this time I was sharing an apartment with two other friends and enjoying the "disco" party scene in NYC and LI. The 70's were a most explorational time. I had decided I wanted to b a cop, NYPD was experiencing layoff's and took a test for the MPDC, Washington's Finest. Sworn in June 5,'78 I served in the armpit of America for 2 years. I then became an amtrak rr cop because it allowed me to come pack toNY and made more money. Nearly 10 years working NY-NJ first as a p/O, then uniform Sgt. , supervisor of anti-crime then XO of detectives NY-BOS(classmate jack hackett was there too before NYPD) I took a position with NYC and was appointed Asst Chief Investigator and Director of the Citi-wide Field Associate program in the Dept of Investigation. That lasted 2 years and bec...Expand for more