In 1973 police officer Danny Lugo opened the door of a South Central Los

Angeles liquor store. Within moments he lay dead, murdered with his own gun.

Ten years later and just off probation, Officer Brian O'Callahan opened a different

kind of door—the door of a long-vacant locker in LAPD's most violent division.

Peering into the grey metal coffer, Brian never imagined his life would soon go

beyond a cop's domain of flashing lights, piercing sirens, and muzzle flashes. By

hanging his uniform in Locker 32 Brian had unknowingly accepted a terrible task.

Over the following months Brian demonstrates inexplicable prowess as a police

officer and develops a rare alliance with the community. He gains the attention of

many, including a vicious criminal who knows how to handle problem cops.

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Have you ever looked across a band of yellow crime-scene tape and wondered

what the two cops on the other side of it were talking about? Or how it feels to

pursue a bad guy at blistering speeds with a siren screaming in your ears? Ever

seen a pair of police officers jump up from a half-eaten meal and race out of a

restaurant? Did you try to imagine where they were headed?

Utilizing his twenty-seven years of police work on the streets of Los Angeles,

author Gregory Baltad takes you there. His storytelling prowess and imaginative

descriptions will have you riding shotgun with some of LAPD's bravest, toughest,

and funniest cops. By opening Locker 32, you release a real cop story wrapped

in an otherworld thriller.