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Life Afer Spinax: Bob Dery '63-'65 I left the Spinax in June 1965 just before the Westpac run. I went back to New York and took a job as an electrician with the Western Electric Co. installing phone systems. I could see from the first day that this was not a good career choice. So in October 1965 I took the test for the New York City Police Department, and was sworn in August 1966. I spent the next 20 years in the Police Department, a few years in uniform, a short tour in Public Morals (enforcing public morals is a very odd thing for a former submarine sailor to do) and eventually being promoted to Detective. I spent about 14 years in a Precinct Detective Squad and the Brooklyn South Homicide Squad(easy work my day began after theirs ended), I retired in 1986 and went into Medicaid Fraud with the New York State Attorney General's Office (talk about a growth industry). I spent 12 years with Medicaid Fraud Control Unit as a Supervising Investigator (developing expertise in fraudulent practices in the clinical laboratory industry along the way) and then went into the private sector. I am currently the Safety/Compliance Director for a Clinical Laboratory in New York City. I have been married to the same wonderful girl for the past 32 years and have 2 children. My daughter is a paralegal and my son is a Master Electrician. Robert Dery EM2(SS)
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