He never wanted to be a cop, but when the bug bit him he couldn’t turn his back on the job. It was another type of job ... a battle for the streets of New York. Cops were being murdered, bombs were going off, people were dying. It had to be stopped!

Jim Motherway was born in Brooklyn, New York; the second of 12 children. He entered the Navy during his senior year in high school and served in the Submarine Service aboard the USS Sea Dog. Upon being honorably discharged he worked for a short period as a telephone installer before entering the New York City Police Department. During his 25 years with the Department he rose through the ranks from uniformed patrolman in Brownsville to Detective Lieutenant in the Major Case Squad, the Arson & Explosion Squad and Organized Crime Control Bureau. Jim received over 16 decorations during his career. The most noteworthy was the one for his involvement in the investigation and success of tracking down and capturing all of the members of the BLA, a terrorist group responsible for murdering over 12 police officers across the country. During this investigation one of the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted” Herman Bell was tracked down and captured in New Orleans by the Major Case Squad. The second man on the “Ten Most Wanted” list was Twymon Meyers who was killed during a shoot out with the Major Case Squad. In 1960 Motherway married his first wife Patricia Donahue. They had nine children. When he retired he founded a security company at JFK Airport. The company rapidly grew and expanded over the next few years to major airports in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Dayton, Cincinnati, Chicago, Miami, Newark, and Wilton, Connecticut. When his wife died suddenly in 1993 he sold the company. In August 1997 he married Diane Murphy and welcomed her five children into the Motherway clan. Jim has always enjoyed writing as a hobby. His first published book was a spy novel about the adventures of CIA Agent Tom Kelsey titled “Cuba Desk”. For photos: MajorCaseSqdNYPD@aol.com