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UNIFORM DECISIONS: My Life in the LAPD and The North Hollywood Shootout
February 28, 1997, Los Angeles, California — After a botched robbery at a Bank of America branch in North Hollywood, two robbers armed with fully automatic assault rifles and wearing full body armor fired more than 1,100 rounds as they battled police.
Eleven officers and two civilians were wounded. The two robbers, Emil Matasareanu and Larry Eugene Phillips Jr., were killed by gunfire.
Officer John Caprarelli was one of the first officers at the scene. Before a national TV audience, he confronted one of the robbers, provoking a gun battle and exchanging numerous shots before the gunman fell.
Officer Caprarelli was awarded the LAPD’s highest honor, the Medal of Valor, as well as a National Top Cops Award. In this memoir, John gives the reader a rare glimpse into his private life along with vivid recollections of events during his 27 year career with the LAPD culminating with a detailed breakdown of his thoughts and actions during the infamous bank robbery.
Video Trailer
Uniform Decisions KCAL9/CBS 1997 North Hollywood Shootout
Remembering the Shootout 20 Years Later with Hal Eisner
Retired LAPD Officer Recalls Battle on 20th Anniversary
Firearms Nation Podcast
“It’s been said that police work is hours of boredom sprinkled with minutes of terror … who would have thought it would be 44 minutes of terror?” ~ John Caprarelli
John Caprarelli CNN with Kyung Lah on Erin Burnett OutFront
Episode of PD True
Reviews
John Caprarelli has many life experiences to share about growing up in the San Fernando Valley, a suburb of Los Angeles. His book “Uniform Decisions” is not only about the famous botched bank robbery of February, 1997, where two armed assailants were killed and over eleven hundred rounds of ammunition were spent, but it is also about his personal life …