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Target Blue: An Insider's View of the N.Y.P.D.
Target Blue An Insider's View of the NYPD Author:Robert. Daley Here is a unique, inside picture of America's largest police department, written by Robert Daley, who as Deputy Commissioner was the department's clief spokesman during an incredibly dramatic period in the history of the New York Police. — The reader gets an unprecedented view of what actually happens behind the scenes, in the corridors o... more »f power, when great crises befall the city and the police -- crises such as:
The Knapp Commission, which uncovered corruption within the force and turned Commissioner Patrick Murphy into a frightened man...
The Black LIberation Army, which set out to kill the police, assassinating four, crippling two wounding others...
The most spectacular jewel robbery in the history of the city - the two-hour looting of the Pierre Hotel's safe-deposit boxes...
The Mafia shootings that invalided Joe Colombo and killed Joey Gallo...
Robert Daley was on the scene at these and many other episodes of high drama, and his account includes details never before released to the public.
The portrait of Commissioner Murphy presents a paradoxical man who is a great innovator and yet seems incapable of communicating with the cops, a man who evidently is bored by crime. The author's candid portraits of Mayor John Lindsay, Patrolman Serpico and Sergeant Durk, Detective Egan of French Connection fame, and Chief of Detectives Albert Seedman will also fascinate -- and often surprise -- the reader.
But above all Target Blue is an uncensored account of a police department in red-hot action -- ultimately reassuring in what it demonstrates about the bravery and dedication of the cop on the beat but disturbing and controversial in its anatomy of the executive decisions and infighting amoung the brass that eventually have direct bearing on the safety -- or lack of it -- in U.S. cities today.« less