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01-16-2017, 12:16 AM
'Deadshot Mary': The undercover cop who became a tabloid sensation
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Mary Shanley was born in Ireland in 1896, and after immigrating to America with her family, made the bold choice to join the NYPD.
Along with a handful of other woman cops, she went to work on undercover beats
In her first year on the force, she was assigned to nab fortune-tellers and psychics. These professions were illegal at the time, as it was believed they preyed on vulnerable women (and were practiced mostly by immigrants).
She was later assigned to an anti-pickpocket beat, cruising around department stores dressed as a typical shopper, sometimes accompanied by her niece as a decoy. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/01/15/deadshot-mary/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Mary Shanley was born in Ireland in 1896, and after immigrating to America with her family, made the bold choice to join the NYPD.
Along with a handful of other woman cops, she went to work on undercover beats
In her first year on the force, she was assigned to nab fortune-tellers and psychics. These professions were illegal at the time, as it was believed they preyed on vulnerable women (and were practiced mostly by immigrants).
She was later assigned to an anti-pickpocket beat, cruising around department stores dressed as a typical shopper, sometimes accompanied by her niece as a decoy. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/01/15/deadshot-mary/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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