Maybe as a pavement pounder, but not as a detective or other
position within the higher officer ranks ... very similar to
the military with the enlisted being blue collar and the
officers being white collar. The detective wearing a suit
wasn't the same as the regular flatfoot when it came within
the pecking order of the police station. And being assigned
to the DA as an investigator would add even more to that.
Maybe it's only in fiction, but the investigative detective
is in a higher class regardless of origins. The crusty, ole
desk sergeant who still had to wear a uniform being the top
of the blue collar ranks. I always tend to remember something
about these guys being Intel Officers in the military during
WWII (when it's a detective from that period) ... that means
a college degree and in the 30s and 40s, blue collar workers
didn't have high school diplomas most of the time let alone a
college degree.
-- Anthony Dauer Alexandria, Virginia
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-----Original Message----- From: JIM DOHERTY Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 5:33 PM
Marlowe once said he never married because he didn't like policemen's wives. Therefore, he thought of himself as a cop. And police work was at the time (and to a degree still is) seen as a blue collar occupation.
Same with Lew Archer.
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