Cop : A True Story
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| Rating | : | 4.46 (702 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0809225409 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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In this brutally honest portrait, Sergeant Michael Middleton--a now-retired veteran of the LAPD--tells the gripping tale of his two decades on some of the America's meanest streets.
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Copyright 1994 Cahners Business Information, Inc.. Middleton provides one of the most dramatic depictions of gritty police work in memory. From Publishers Weekly Middleton joined the Los Angeles Police Department in 1966 and served for 21 years, reaching the rank of sergeant before he retired. Middleton's anecdotal history is grouped into subjects such as heroism, the ``us against them'' police mentality, drugs, gangs and deadly force. He is optimistic about certain aspects of the LAPD, reporting that many of the racist and sexist officers have retired; but he ends on an exceedingly pessimistic note, opining that the 1992 post-Rodney King verdict riots showed that there have been no vast changes in L.A. His chronicle of his experiences is a top-flight view of police work at the street level, where an officer's death is an ever-present
it would be a privilege, and an honor, to meet him tried not to read the other reviews- we all have strong feelings about law enforcement- but i can say for myself, I was so moved by this book that i not only could hardly put it down, i was choked up with emotion several times. Seargent Middleton brings a humanity and the realism of human frailty to the reality of the police force that I think few have . Very basic,,,lacks a lot of important details Middleton means well, of that I am sure. However, he violates the cardinal rule of non-fiction writers by changing many place names into unrecognizable titles. For example, he claims to have worked undercover at a Los Angeles high school in the late 1960's. Why the need to change the name of the school? He changes a lot of street names and other details. A inside look at inner city policing Retired LAPD Sgt. Mike Middleton gives readers an inside look at one of America's most controversial police departments-the LAPD. Middleton tells it the way it is from start to finish. Middleton gives an in depth view of what being an inner city police officer is all about. Middleton talks about drug dealers to life on the beat to officers risking their