Five and Twenty: an Nypd Cop Story

In the gritty heart of the Bronx during the 1990s — before smartphones, before body cams, before 9/11 changed everything — a young rookie steps into one of the most dangerous precincts in America: the 46th, known on the streets as “The Alamo.”FIVE AND TWENTY is a raw, unflinching memoir that takes readers behind the badge and into the chaos, humor, and heartbreak of a cop’s baptism by fire. Author Robbin Ramos, a former NYPD officer, recounts his early years patrolling the violent corridors of the South Bronx — a place where loyalty could mean survival, and every shift blurred the line between justice and survival.But when one incident changes everything, Ramos finds himself fighting not only for his career, but for his identity and his faith in the system he swore to serve. What follows is an uphill battle for reinstatement that exposes both the strength and the fragility of those who wear the uniform.Told with brutal honesty and unexpected warmth, FIVE AND TWENTY isn’t just a police story — it’s a portrait of a young man coming of age in a city at war with itself, learning that courage sometimes means knowing when to stand alone.