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 | #1036595 in Books |  Columbia University Press |  2012-06-05 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.10 x1.00 x6.00l,1.10 | File Name: 0231153546 | 272 pages

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||11 of 11 people found the following review helpful.| Slow start, but enjoyable|By David Cavalier|Armstrong has written a concise and fair account of the Knapp Commission's investigation of corruption in the New York Police Department. The book is a little slow in the beginning as he focuses on procedural matters related to getting the Commission up and running. This is part of the story, no doubt, but not really the reason w| |An exciting and important book. It tells the story of the day-by-day efforts of the Knapp Commission to expose corruption known to pervade the NYC Police Department but never before proved. The tales told also remind us how easy and tempting corruption can be

In fifty years of prosecuting and defending criminal cases in New York City and elsewhere,Michael F. Armstrong has often dealt with cops. For a single two-year span, as chief counsel to the Knapp Commission, he was charged with investigating them. Based on Armstrong's vivid recollections of this watershed moment in law enforcement accountability―prompted by the New York Times's report on whistleblower cop Frank Serpico―They Wished They Were Honest recr...


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