Cop Stories: The Few, the Proud, the Ugly--Twenty-five Years on the Baltimore Police Department

Television dramas, reality shows, and police procedural mystery novels may try to replicate the truth of a cop’s life, but sometimes the real story is stranger—and more entertaining. In more than thirty engaging anecdotes, Cop Stories gives a no-holds-barred inside look at the experiences of Dick Ellwood, police officer for the Baltimore Police Department from 1965 through his retirement in 1990. He vividly depicts the teeming street life of one of the most dangerous cities in the nation. F...