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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:
  • 9780312380328 (alk. paper)
  • 0312380321 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.20973
LOC classification:
  • HV 8148 L666n 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: 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.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HV 8148 L666n 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000074784

Includes bibliographical references 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.

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.

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