The new software that I use for this blog has a nice feature. It shows me what search terms people used that led them to this site. I learned that a lot of people are looking for homicide totals for New York. So I made of pdf of a chart from my book which shows […]
Entries Tagged as 'Police History'
New York Homicide Totals 1900-2007
September 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Tags: Homicide Facts · Police History
A Gold Mine in Retirement
March 4th, 2007 · No Comments
People who have retired from law enforcement are an amazing resource. A lot of that must be due to the fact that they are finally free of all the politics that come with the job. I’ve been looking into a 1934 San Francisco case and I was referred to retired Deputy Chief Kevin J. Mullen. […]
Tags: New Websites, Books and other Resources · Old Murder Cases · Police History
Michael Cilone Dies
December 7th, 2006 · No Comments
I just heard that one of the Cold Case detective’s criminal informants died. I know some people might take this the wrong way, but it’s weirdly sad. He was a limited man. It’s like the universe crushing a wounded animal after it spent three hours trying to cross a highway. If nothing else, Cilone helped […]
Tags: Old Murder Cases · Police History
Police Culture
September 25th, 2006 · Comments Off on Police Culture
This is a picture of G. Robert Blakey, the principal author of the RICO Statute. I enjoyed watching and learning about police culture. It was a whole new world to me. One thing I noticed early on was: bosses hate organized crime cases. The following is an excerpt from my book. Steve Kaplan is one […]
