Charles Castro the author of NYPD Blue Lies is a former NYPD sergeant. NYPD Blue Lies is a true story about racism, corruption, cover-ups, and murder within the NYPD.

In 1981, Charles began a distinguished career as an officer in the New York City Police Department.

His first assignment was in Neighborhood Stabilization Unit (NSU 6) covering the 25, 28 and 32nd precinct in Harlem. Harlem is where he quickly learned the methods and tactics for survival as a police officer because more officers have been killed in the 32nd precinct than any other precinct in New York and perhaps the entire United States.

Charles became a tough-as-nails cop that collared drug dealers, rescued hostages, saved the lives of fellow officers, and was involved in gun battles. Throughout his career Charles continued putting criminals behind bars. Eventually Charles was transferred to the Narcotics bureau as an undercover on a temporary assignment. He was credited with leading his module to five hundred arrests. His 17 years in the NYPD allowed him to do what he did best – put bad guys behind bars, and protect and serve the community.

In 1987, he was promoted to Sergeant and worked in several Queen's Precincts. For a period Charles gave hands on training to hundreds of rookie police officers, teaching them how to apply what they learned in the police academy classroom settings to actual street situations, but more importantly he taught them to survive and get home safe to their families.

Charles went on to serve seven years as a Patrol Supervisor of the 115th Precinct. As a Patrol Supervisor, Charles led the fight to rid the community of crime and clean up Roosevelt Avenue for families and small businesses. During his tenure, crime fell by an unprecedented 60% in Corona, East Elmhurst, Elmhurst, and Jackson Heights. He led the most productive squad year after year, earning decorations from the NYPD, letters of citation, and cop of the month from the community.

As a supervisor, Castro identified a need for improved relationships between the NYPD and the community it serves. He also began to witness blatant acts of discrimination by members of the NYPD. In 1996, he helped found the Latino Officers Association (LOA) to support and represent officers from communities of color. Throughout his career, he served as a voice for strong, effective community relations, fought racism, and police corruption. After witnessing countless acts of racism and discrimination, Charles Castro helped to organize a class action lawsuit against the NYPD, for unfair discipline and discrimination against blacks and Latinos. The lawsuit was settled for $27 million. The LOA class action lawsuit is historically the biggest lawsuit of it’s kind against any police department in the United States. Over thirteen hundred cops of color participated in the lawsuit.

After his separation from the NYPD, Charles made his political mark at home in Queens. In 2001, he joined the office of Assemblyman Ivan Lafayette to represent the needs of the community through public service. From the state assembly he went on to lead the historical political campaign of Hiram Monserrate helping him to become the first Latino ever to be elected into public office in Queens, NY in November of 2001. He served as the Council Member's Chief of Staff, before going into the security business and writing his book