Cop : A True Story / Edition 2

by Michael Middleton

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780809225408
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	05/01/2000
Edition description:	REVISED
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	1,123,337
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

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Editorial Reviews

Middleton joined the Los Angeles Police Department in 1966 and served for 21 years, reaching the rank of sergeant before he retired. 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 possibility and physical battles with suspects are frequent. 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. ghetto life. Middleton provides one of the most dramatic depictions of gritty police work in memory. (Mar.)

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