Rydell remembered the time he’d gone over to “Big George” Kechakmadze’s house for a barbecue and the man had tried to sign him up for the National Rifle Association. “You get a lot of Russians on the force, up here?” “Up here? All over.” “Kinda funny how many of those guys go into police work.” “Think about it, man. Had ’em a whole police state, over there. Maybe they just got a feel for it.”