NYPD Confidential Power and Corruption in the Country's Greatest Police Force

by Levitt, Leonard

• ISBN13: 9780312650940
• ISBN10: 0312650949
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-11-23
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Summary

For years, the police commissioner and the mayor have duked it out for publicity, credit, and power. Some have translated their stardom into success after leaving office, while others have been hung out to dry.NYPD Confidentialreveals the battles for power that have led to the city#x19;s most infamous corruption cases. Filled with amazing details of backroom deals and larger-than-life power brokers, Leonard Levitt lays bare the backstabbing, power grabs, and chaotic internal investigations that make city givernment look like a modern-day Tammany Hall.

Author Biography

Leonard Levitt wrote the column One Police Plaza for Newsday about the New York City police department from 1995 to 2005. He has also worked as a reporter for the Associated Press and The Detroit News, as a correspondent for Time magazine, and as the investigations editor of the New York Post. His work has appeared in Harper's magazine, Esquire, and The New York Times Magazine. He received an Edgar Award for his nonfiction work Conviction. He currently runs www.nypdconfidential.com. He lives in Stamford, Connecticut.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xi
Timeline	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Evidence of Things Not Seen	p. 7
The Secret Meeting	p. 28
The Rise of Bill Bratton	p. 43
The Dirty Thirty	p. 78
The Fall of Bill Bratton	p. 96
Get on the Train or Get Under It	p. 129
The Tragedies of Abner Louima and Amadou Diallo	p. 159
How Well Do You Know Bernie Kerik?	p. 187
Never Appoint a Bitter Man Police Commissioner	p. 232
Afterword	p. 284
Bibliography	p. 289
Index	p. 291
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