Levitt, Leonard,  1941- <br/><br/>
NYPD confidential :  power and corruption in the country's greatest police force / 
Leonard Levitt. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  Thomas Dunne Books,  2009. 
 - xiv, 304 p. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780312380328 (alk. paper) 0312380321 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009007602 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Police corruption--History.--New York (State)--New York<br/>Police administration--History.--New York (State)--New York<br/>Police--History.--New York (State)--New York<br/>Corrupción policial--New York (Estado)--New York.<br/>Policía--Estados Unidos.<br/>Delitos.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV 8148  / L666n 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>363.20973