NCJ Number
14997
Date Published
1974
Length
202 pages
Annotation
A COLLECTION OF TWENTY-FIVE STORIES DEALING WITH POLICE CORRUPTION AND OVER-ZEALOUS AND UNDER ZEALOUS ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW, AS TOLD BY AN EX-POLICEMAN.
Abstract
WE LEARN ABOUT HOW A COP FEIGNED A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN TO GET A DESK JOB, HOW ANOTHER, BORED ONE NIGHT, PUT IN A PHONY RADIO CALL THAT ENDED IN AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING HIS SERGEANT'S CAR. WE GET TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE POLICE RAID FLOATING CRAP GAMES AND WE LEARN HOW BURGLARY INVESTIGATIONS CAN TURN INTO EVEN BIGGER THEFTS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)