Case closed: Life after a detective's career

After years of fighting crime, solving mysteries, and being involved in the legal process, what’s it like when a detective calls it a career?

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A detective enjoys numerous opportunities at the conclusion of his or her service. With a life’s work solving crime, former detectives often turn to careers related to their old jobs.

Becoming a crime journalist, novelist, or screenwriter is a natural career path for a former detective. Examples of detectives-turned-writers include Ed Burns, a screenwriter for the television series “The Wire,” and Mark Fuhrman, author of several non-fiction books.

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Some have found jobs acting in films and television. Gil Hill, a former detective in Detroit, landed a role in the “Beverly Hills Cop” series, where he played Inspector Todd, the boss of Eddie Murphy’s character, Alex Foley.

Other former detectives started private businesses in connection to their old occupation. Dave Toschi, the chief investigator of the Zodiac Killer case, is currently the vice president of North Star Security Services in Daly City, Calif.

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Still, others had success in completely different livelihoods. Thomas Zampetti was a former narcotics detective in New Jersey when he opened a sand blasting business. His company met success for being one of the first to introduce portable sand blasting in the industry.  

Thomas Anthony Zampetti served in the New Jersey State Police for 16 years before becoming a successful detective and businessman. To find more information about Mr. Zampetti, subscribe to this Google Plus page.

After semper fi: Thomas Anthony Zampetti’s post-Marine career

Having served in the U.S. Marine Corps until 1970, Thomas Anthony Zampetti embarked on a range of successful career moves. Not long after his retirement from the Marines, Zampetti took up accounting at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison, New Jersey, finishing in 1974.

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He would later set off on a career in law enforcement, serving as a New Jersey state trooper fighting organized crime and narcotics trafficking. He would later use his experience in police work to become a licensed private detective. For a time, he worked closely with a high profile attorney, focusing mainly on criminal investigation, before starting an agency on his own, which he would later name TAZ Detective Agency. His time as a detective was shared with his day job, managing a sandblasting company, American Sand Blasting.

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His venture into the sandblasting industry was marked by a pioneering streak in the way sandblasting was applied in restoration, cleaning, and artisan crafts. His company invented the very first portable sand blasters, and was among the first sandblasting companies to be allowed to sandblast inside buildings, paving the way for its foray into designing glass windows for residential and commercial structures.

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His company was also renowned for its work in restoration, which focused on historical and commercial projects. Among the most lauded works the company performed was in removing graffiti from school walls.

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