NYPD Officer “Fast Eddie” Malia was featured in Playgirl in May 1995.
NY.PD NUDE!
PLAYGIRL Goes Undercover With A Real Naked Gun- Arresting Eddie Mallia
ddie Mallia, who prefers to be called E “Fast Eddie,” says that ever since he can remember he’s had two very spe cial career goals: to be a cop and to pose for PLAYGIRL. Growing up in Astoria, New York, he would boast to his buddies that one day he’d strip out of his uniform to be a PLAYGIRL centerfold. And now his dreams have come true! We’re proud to bring you these exclusive photos of New York’s very finest fresh from the 109th Precinct in Queens.
Eddie strives to be the best at whatever task he sets out to do and doesn’t mind pay- ing his dues to get the results he’s after. He attributes his drive to his parents’ divorce, which forced him to become the man of the house, be self-sufficient and grow up fast. “It was a tough situation,” he remembers, “but it taught me to appreciate what I have. I know what I want out of life and work hard to get it.”
He graduated from the New York Police Academy when he was 24 and says he’s glad he didn’t become a cop before then: “I learned to do a lot of different things. My mother always says I’m a jack of all trades and master of none, but I’d rather know a little bit of everything.”
Being a cop means constantly putting your life on the line. “In any job you have your good and your bad,” Eddie says, “but when you’re in uniform it’s easy to be- come a story. Who knows? I could go to work one day and be on that night’s news because I’ve been killed or saved someone’s life.”
PHOTOGRAPHY BY GREG WEINER