NYPD Confidential Power and Corruption in the Country's Greatest Police Force [Paperback]

For years, the police commissioner and the mayor have duked it out for publicity, credit, and power. Some have translated their stardom into success after leaving office, while others have been hung out to dry.NYPD Confidentialreveals the battles for power that have led to the city's most infamous corruption cases. Filled with amazing details of backroom deals and larger-than-life power brokers, Leonard Levitt lays bare the backstabbing, power grabs, and chaotic internal investigations that make city givernment look like a modern-day Tammany Hall.

Levitt tells his story of police misdeeds and malpractice, interrupted by occasional profiles in courage, with his trademark saving grace: a wicked sense of humor. Village Voice

Levitt addresses the big issues via an engaging, character-driven narrative. New York Magazine

An arresting look inside a fascinating department, as piercing as Glock fire, as tight as a handcuff click. Newsday

Eye-opening reporting on America's largest and most powerful police force. Kirkus Reviews

Levitt's account is an engrossing in-depth look at scandal inside the NYPD. Publishers Weekly (starred review)

LEONARD LEVITT wrote the column, One Police Plaza forNewsdayabout the New York City police department from 1995 to 2005. He has also worked as a reporter for the Associated Press and theTheDetroit News, as a correspondent forTimemagazine,and as the investigations editor of theNew York Post. His work has appeared inHarper'smagazine,Esquire,and theNew York TimesMagazine. He received an Edgar Award for his nonfiction workConviction. He currently runs www.nypdconfidential.com. He lives in Stamford, Connecticut.