: Maurice L. Landrum
: Gangsters, Narcotics, Homicide 'Protecting the Thin Blue Line'
: BookBaby
: 9781098310363
: 1
: CHF 6.20
:
: Biographien, Autobiographien
: English
: 244
: DRM
: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet
: ePUB
The book chronicles the law enforcement career Maurice L. Landrum from childhood to being sworn-in as a Los Angeles Police Officer. It's a true story about street life in Los Angeles and career survival within the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). During the earlier eighties and nineties, gang violence, narcotics, and homicides impacted the city of Los Angeles. This books focuses on the struggle to maintain peace and calm, as well as, the lack of leadership during some junctures of his career. There were officer-involved-shootings, internal complaint investigations, civil unrest that encompassed his career. Towards the end of his career with LAPD, the Department was served with a Federal Consent Decree. More importantly, during his career, the LAPD tragically loss 39 fallen heroes killed in the line of duty. This is a true story!

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