Boss the Omnibus Edition

For most of his 26-year police career, Officer Bossman, "Boss," has walked a foot beat on skid row, 12 square blocks of hell some cops call "a place forgotten by God and city hall." Boss loves the down-and-outers on the row; he considers it his honor and his calling to protect them from the bloody violence that erupts every day on the rundown streets.

Joining the PD right after fighting in WWII, Boss skated through the easy-going 1950s, barely survived the tumultuous 1960s, and now in the ea...