Bo Dietl was raised in Richmond Hill and Ozone Park, Queens.
17 Facts About Bo Dietl
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Bo Dietl later joined the New York City Police Department, where he worked for fifteen years.
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Bo Dietl became a decoy in which he was mugged over 500 times and had 30 line of duty injuries.
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Bo Dietl served as head of security for Jordan Belfort during the 1990s.
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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.
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Bo Dietl has appeared in three Martin Scorsese films: as the detective who arrests Henry Hill in Goodfellas, as himself in The Wolf of Wall Street, and as labor leader and mob boss Joseph Glimco in The Irishman.
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An interview with Bo Dietl is included in the documentary Fabled Enemies by Jason Bermas of Loose Change fame.
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Bo Dietl was an associate producer for The Bone Collector and producer for the movie Table One.
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Bo Dietl was a frequent guest of Don Imus on the Imus in the Morning radio program on WABC radio.
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Bo Dietl was the Republican and Conservative nominee for the 6th Congressional District in 1986.
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Bo Dietl served as security consultant to the Republican National Convention and as director of security for the New York State Republican Convention.
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On December 6,2010, Bo Dietl joined Fox News contributors Joel Mowbray and Bob Beckel in calling for the assassination of Julian Assange.
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In 2014, Bo Dietl announced his intention to run for Mayor of New York City in 2017, initially intending to run in the Democratic primary against incumbent Mayor Bill de Blasio.
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In February 2017, Bo Dietl announced he would no longer be challenging de Blasio in the primaries, running instead as an independent, due to a paperwork filing error.
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Bo Dietl has worked as a private investigator on behalf of numerous high-profile conservative personalities, including Steve Bannon and Don Imus.
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On May 4,2017, The Wall Street Journal reported that Bo 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.
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Bo Dietl is currently engaged to Margo Urban, singer of The Cover Girls.