Blue on Blue: An Insider's Story of Good Cops Catching Bad Cops
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| Rating | : | 4.31 (571 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1501127209 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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. He has written for a number of newspapers, including the Orange County Register, the Los Angeles Times, and the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, and is the coauthor of Where the Money Is and Uppity. He lives in Scottsdale, Arizona. A graduate of the FBI National Academy and Harvard’s John F. In his years on the job he developed mo
Mike said tells it like it is. Blue on Blue should be essential reading for anyone interested in a career in law enforcement, specifically those who want to achieve supervisory positions.Chief Campisi, tells it like it is, in a clear and factual manner, he pulls no punches. Any large law enforcement agency to ensure transparency and public trust, must have an affective Internal Affairs.In the mid 1990’s the NYPD implemented institutional. "Tremendous recap of Tremendous recap of 30 plus years of police corruption, proof is in the pudding! I found the book to be a great recap of the corruption in the department that I was once a part of. With just the right amount of inside baseball, and without giving away too many secrets, he names names when appropriate but also shields identities when needed. Chief Campisi took me for a ride down memory lane (bad memories) that began before I became a member of the departmentand ended after I finished my 25 yea. 0 plus years of police corruption, proof is in the pudding!" according to Joseph H. Wolff. I found the book to be a great recap of the corruption in the department that I was once a part of. With just the right amount of inside baseball, and without giving away too many secrets, he names names when appropriate but also shields identities when needed. Chief Campisi took me for a ride down memory lane (bad memories) that began before I became a member of the departmentand ended after I finished my 25 yea. Not about bad cops, but catching bad cops. Though Blue on Blue is exclusively about NYPD corrupt policing, it reflects what other agencies surely should hope to emulate in fostering integrity in their departments. If you're a LEO or former LEO, then this is a page turner. For those who are not cops, it is an interesting reality check on what your taxes provide. This is very well written by an insider who came up from the ranks. Though I'm a former cop fro
In one of the most illuminating portraits of police work ever, Chief Charles Campisi describes the inner workings of the world’s largest police force and his unprecedented career putting bad cops behind bars. It’s a mesmerizing exposé on the harsh realities and complexities of being a cop on the mean streets of New York City and the challenges of enforcing the law while at the same time obeying it” (The New York Journal of Books). “Compelling, educational, memorable…this superb memoir can be read for its sheer entertainment or as a
Told with the same gripping intensity as the best true crime, Blue on Blue takes the reader inside the most highly publicized investigations as they happened.” —Thomas Reppetto, author of the two-volume American Police: 1845-2012“Reading Blue on Blue is like losing yourself in a good detective novel, except for two things. It’s fact, not fiction. And the bad guys are cops, being chased by good guys who are cops. No one has more insight into the hard work of ensuring integrity in policing than Charles Campisi, the NYPD’s longest serving head of internal affairs. This book should inspire others to follow his example.” —Jeremy Travis, President of John Jay College of Criminal Justice and Former Director of the National Institute of Justice“Blue on Blue is as important as it is timely. This is police work as it happens every day, told