Title
NYPD confidential : power and corruption in the country's greatest police force / Leonard Levitt.
Edition
1st ed.
Imprint
New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2009.
Description
xiv, 304 pages ; 25 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Evidence of things not seen The secret meeting The rise of Bill Bratton The dirty thirty The fall of Bill Bratton Get on the train or get under it The tragedies of Abner Louima and Amadou Diallo How well do you know Bernie Kerik? Never appoint a bitter man police commissioner.
Summary
With amazing details of backroom deals and larger-than-life powerbrokers, Levitt lays bare the backstabbing, power-grabs, and chaotic internal investigations that have run the NYPD's reputation into the ground in the past--and the forces conspiring to do so once again.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Location
STA
Call Number
KFX2017.7 .L48 2009
Language
English
ISBN
9780312380328 alkaline paper 0312380321 alkaline paper
