NYPD confidential : power and corruption in the country's greatest police force / Leonard Levitt.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2009.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiv, 304 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0312380321 : HRD
  • 9780312380326
Other title:
  • N.Y.P.D. confidential
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364.1/3230883632097471 22
LOC classification:
  • HV8148.N5 L395 2009
Contents:
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: Examines the rivalry of New York City's police commissioner and mayor for control over and credit for the city's police force, identifying disturbing cover-ups and corrupt practices that are undermining the NYPD's effectiveness and honor.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-290) and index.

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.

Examines the rivalry of New York City's police commissioner and mayor for control over and credit for the city's police force, identifying disturbing cover-ups and corrupt practices that are undermining the NYPD's effectiveness and honor.

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