Former Los Angeles police officer turned best- selling author Joseph Wambaugh, known for books such as "The Onion Field" and ...

Former Los Angeles police officer turned best-selling author Joseph Wambaugh, known for books such as “The Onion Field” and “The New Centurions,” has died at the age of 88. Longtime family friend ...

Joseph Wambaugh, who wrote the gripping, true-crime bestseller “The Onion Field” and numerous gritty but darkly humorous novels about day-to-day police work drawn from his own experiences as a Los ...

Joseph Wambaugh, a former police officer who became an acclaimed bestselling author, introducing audiences to the gritty, ...

Unlike those on 'Dragnet' and other cop shows, Wambaugh's fictional officers were often compromised and deeply flawed ...

He wrote 'The Onion Field,' 'The New Centurions' and 'The Blue Knight' and created the realistic anthology series 'Police ...

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Joseph Wambaugh redefined police dramas, revealing the harsh realities and psychological toll of law enforcement.

A post made on Friday afternoon to Wambaugh's Facebook page confirmed his death and said "Heaven has gained a new choir boy, ...