Boston's Finest: From Callbox to Courthouse. Questo articolo non è disponibile.Boston's Finest: From Callbox to Courthouse

With World War II over, young men were returning to civilian life and seeking jobs. Jack Daley was one of them. Lured by a steady paycheck he signed up with the Boston Police Department. He found not just a job but a calling. The city was in decline and most of the force were holdovers from the post-police strike generation of officers. Corruption was endemic, a vestige of the ‘look the other way’ attitude developed during prohibition. But now it was gambling and vice operations that were padding the pay envelopes of many in the department. This was the status quo when Jack Daley joined the force. He and the others of his generation, fresh from the war, revitalized a moribund police force and challenged that status quo. From a patrol beat in the Back Bay to a radio car in Dorchester, Daley recounts the day-to-day business of policing the city. Then, moving into investigations, including a fascinating portfolio of homicides, he describes the process of identifying suspects and building cases. Finally, as a supervisor, Daley shows us the importance of leadership in the often chaotic world of police work.

Open any page of John Daley’s memoir of life in the Boston P.D. and you will enter a lost city, a corrupt, rascally, gritty, murderous Boston now long gone. For four decades Daley worked the streets of this city, in every role from beat cop to homicide detective, and he brings those years vividly to life. Daley writes about police work in much the same way he seems to have done it, with intelligence and nonchalant courage. Take note, fans of George V. Higgins and Dennis Lehane: this is the real thing. - William Landay, New York Times bestseller author of Defending Jacob.