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Author
Series
Malcolm Fox mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Malcolm Fox, a member of the Internal Affairs department that roots out dirty and compromised cops, investigates a neighboring police force and finds a trail that leads to the suicide of a prominent politician and activist.
83) Touch of evil
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In a bustling border town, a Mexican narcotics agent on his honeymoon investigates a car bombing to find a tangled web of corruption.
84) The savage shore
Author
Series
Nic Costa mysteries volume 10
Publisher
Severn House Publishers Ltd
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Roman police detective Nic Costa has been sent undercover to Italy's beautiful, remote Calabrian coast to bring in the head of the feared mob, the 'Ndrangheta, who has offered to turn state witness for reasons of his own. Hoping to reel in the biggest prize the state police have seen in years, the infamous Butcher of Palermo, Costa and his team are aware the stakes are high. But the constant deception is taking its toll. Out of their depth in a lawless...
Author
Publisher
Tyrus Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Desperate Detroit and Stories of Other Dire Places represents forty years of suspense writing in the short form. Previously published in a host of magazines and anthologies, with a new Preface and introductions to the stories written especially for this collection, these eighteen tales feature gangsters, private eyes, psychotic killers, hitmen, feuding families, prostitutes, prizefighters, bodyguards, corrupt cops, the walking dead, and ordinary...
Author
Publisher
Kingston Imperial
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"An unprecedented breakdown of the NYPD’s powerful network of police unions, pro-police lawyers, and top brass who work relentlessly to shield police officers from any real accountability For readers of long-form, hard-hitting journalistic exposés like We Own This City, a compelling look at how we do—and don't—hold police responsible in America, by an award-winning progressive reporter covering the NYPD police beat In 2018, reporter Michael...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Marked for Life is the incredible memoir of a wrongfully imprisoned man's epic journey to free himself and others like him. Isaac Wright Jr. was wrongly accused of drug charges in New Jersey and sentenced to life in prison in 1991. He was arrested, tried, and convicted under a draconian "kingpin" statute even though he never dealt drugs a day in his life. Even though the prosecutor knew he was innocent, as did the detectives who investigated and...
88) Pride and glory
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Centered on a multi-generational family of New York City Police officers. The family's moral codes are tested when Ray Tierney, investigates a case that reveals an incendiary police corruption scandal that happens to involve his own brother-in-law. For Ray, the truth is revelatory, a Pandora's Box that threatens to upend not only the Tierney legacy, but the entire NYPD.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
An investigation into the sexual abuse of undocumented women in the service industry. The film examines allegations of abuse across the janitorial industry, and how the government, law enforcement and companies fall short in dealing with the problem.
90) The level
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
It follows Detective Sergeant Nancy Devlin, who leads a double life. Her high-flying police career is at odds with an attachment to shady businessman and drug trafficker Frank Le Saux, who acts as a father figure to her. Having kept him off the police's radar for years, Nancy finds her secret at risk of exposure when Frank is murdered in Brighton and she's placed in the middle of the investigation, with a killer stalking her.
Detective Sergeant Nancy...
Author
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"With his colleagues at the People's Law Office (PLO), Taylor has argued landmark civil rights cases that have exposed corruption and cover-ups within the Chicago Police Department (CPD) and throughout the city's corrupt political machine. The Torture Machine takes the reader from the 1969 murders of Black Panther Party chairman Fred Hampton and Panther Mark Clark--and the historic thirteen years of litigation that followed--through the dogged pursuit...
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
The hit British crime series returns with new mysteries. Aging cops and traditional sleuthing trump high-tech gadgets and modern criminology. As one of the most-watched shows on British television, New Tricks features strong writing, wry humor, and a splendid cast. Bonus: Behind-the-scenes featurette and bloopers.
94) Witness
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When an Amish boy traveling with his mother witnesses a murder, the detective assigned the case flees with them, trying to blend in with the Amish and avoid detection after the boy exposes a narcotics agent as the murderer.
95) Play dead
Author
Series
Publisher
Crm̈e de la Crime
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
An investigation into an incident in another Force led Colin Harpur and his boss, Assistant Chief Constable Desmond Iles, to uncover corruption in the ranks and arrest a fellow policeman who murdered an undercover officer. But there are still many questions that remain unanswered.
Author
Series
New York noir volume 1
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Uncovering that a recent police officer shooting was an organized hit, Detective Boots Littlewood is assigned to a task force and new partner with whom he uncovers a web of corruption.
97) Exit wounds
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
A hero cop is busted to traffic duty when he threatens corrupt elements on the police force.
After going against orders and saving the life of the Vice President of the United States, Detroit detective Orin Boyd is moved to a new preceinct and busted down to traffic cop. Boyd's new preceinct is filled with police corruption. He becomes friends with a street-smart dotcom hustler who may or may not be his ally.
Series
New tricks volume season 4
Publisher
Distributed exclusively by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman leads a motley crew of retired cops who solve cold cases. Includes all eight episodes from the fourth season.
Disgraced detective Sandra Pullman is given a chance to save her career by heading up a team of retired detectives in charge of solving open cold cases.
99) Sleepless
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Undercover Las Vegas police officer Vincent Downs thrives in the high-stakes web of corrupt cops and the mob-controlled casino underground of Las Vegas. But when a heist goes wrong, a crew of homicidal gangsters kidnaps Downs' teenage son. In one sleepless night he will have to rescue his son, evade an internal affairs investigation and bring the kidnappers to justice.
100) Who speaks for you?: the inside story of the prosecutor who took down Baltimore's most crooked cops
Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"This book is on the investigation and prosecution of Baltimore Police Department's Gun Trace Task Force (GTTF), a group of detectives who were both cops and robbers at the same time. The GTTF was supposed to trace guns back to the criminals responsible for Baltimore's stubbornly high rate of violent crime. Instead, federal authorities traced dozens of robberies, burglaries, and even an armed home invasion to the members of the GTTF. In 2015 and 2016,...
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