Bo Dietl

Bo Dietl
Born (1950-12-04) December 4, 1950
New York City, New York, U.S.
Other names Bo
Police career
Department New York City Police Department (NYPD)
Years of service 1970–1985
Rank Detective
Other work Businessman, actor, author, radio

Richard A. "Bo" Dietl (born December 4, 1950) is a former New York City Police Department detective and a media personality known for contributing on the Fox News Network and Imus in the Morning. Dietl is the founder and CEO of Beau Dietl & Associates and Beau Dietl Consulting Services. Dietl earned $1.8 million in 2015, according to the 1040 federal tax return he made public.[1]

Film, television, and radio

In 1998, Dietl's autobiography One Tough Cop: The Bo Dietl Story was made into the film One Tough Cop starring Stephen Baldwin as Bo Dietl.[2] The plot in Abel Ferrara's crime drama Bad Lieutenant is mainly inspired by Dietl's 1981 investigation of the rape of a young nun.

Dietl played the detective who arrests Henry Hill in Martin Scorsese's 1990 film, Goodfellas.

An interview with Dietl is included in the documentary Fabled Enemies by Jason Bermas of Loose Change fame. Dietl speaks about his relationship with FBI agent John P. O'Neill who was the leading expert on Osama bin Laden until his resignation from the FBI in August 2001 to become head of security at the World Trade Center, where he was killed in the September 11 attacks.

Dietl was an associate producer for The Bone Collector and producer for the movie Table One.

Dietl plays himself in Scorsese's 2013 film The Wolf of Wall Street.

Dietl is a frequent guest of Don Imus on the Imus in the Morning radio program on WABC radio. He appears regularly on Fox News Channel shows, including, Hannity, and Geraldo at Large. He had also appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,[3] The O'Reilly Factor, and had a guest-starring role on the NBC crime drama Law & Order.

Politics

The Republican and Conservative Parties of New York State for the 6th Congressional District nominated Dietl for the U.S. Congress in 1986.[4]

In 1994 Governor George Pataki appointed Dietl chairman of the New York State Security Guard Advisory Council.

He served as security consultant to the Republican National Convention and as director of security for the New York State Republican Convention.

On December 6, 2010, Dietl joined Fox News contributors Joel Mowbray and Bob Beckel in calling for the assassination of Julian Assange.[5][6]

In 2014, Dietl announced his intention to run for Mayor of New York City in 2017, initially intending to run in the Democratic primary[7] against incumbent Mayor Bill de Blasio. In February 2017, Dietl announced he would no longer be challenging de Blasio in the primaries, running instead as an independent,[8] due to a paperwork filing error.[9] He received approximately 1% of the total vote,[10] finishing in sixth place.[9][10]

On May 4, 2017, the Wall Street Journal reported that Dietl said he was hired by Fox News network management to discredit the harassment claims by former anchor Gretchen Carlson and former producer Andrea Mackris against Roger Ailes and Bill O'Reilly.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Mayoral hopeful Bo Dietl finally releases his tax return". Retrieved May 9, 2017.
  2. ↑ "One Tough Cop (1998)". IMDb.com. Retrieved October 23, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Videos Tagged Bo Dietl | The Daily Show with Jon Stewart | Comedy Central". Thedailyshow.com. Retrieved October 23, 2013.
  4. ↑ "CV: "Bo Dietl, MSNBC Analyst". Web.archive.org. Retrieved October 23, 2013.
  5. ↑ Fox News’ Bob Beckel Calls For ‘Ilegally’ [sic] Killing Assange: ‘A Dead Man Can’t Leak Stuff’, Huffington Post, December 7, 2010. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  6. ↑ Bob Beckel, Joel Mowbray & Bo Dietl call for Assassination of Julian Assange, YouTube, January 22, 2013. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  7. ↑ Barkan, Ross (December 15, 2014). "Bo Dietl Says He Will Challenge 'Big Bird' Bill de Blasio for Mayor". Observer.
  8. ↑ Vilensky, Mike (February 8, 2017). "Bo Dietl to Run for New York City Mayor as Independent". The Wall Street Journal. Mr. Dietl said in an interview Wednesday that he is 'energized' to run independently and that it fits what he described as his brand as a businessman with liberal social values and conservative fiscal instincts.
  9. 1 2 Goodman, J. David (March 23, 2017). "Hey, Bo. Nice to Meet You, Rocky. Welcome to the Mayor's Race". Retrieved March 24, 2017 – via NYTimes.com.
  10. 1 2 Bloch, Matthew; Lee, Jasmine (November 8, 2017). "Election Results: De Blasio Wins Second Term as New York City Mayor". nytimes.com. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
  11. ↑ Flint, Joe; Rothfeld, Michael (May 4, 2017). "Scope of Federal Probe into Fox News Broadens". Retrieved May 9, 2017 – via www.wsj.com.
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