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John Buntin, a staff writer for Governing Magazine (90,000 subscribers) and a former case writer at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, has made a specialty of writing about law enforcement, and in the inner circles of government he is well known as an expert on the subject. His study of how Bill Bratton and Rudy Giuliani reduced crime drastically in New York, and his profile of Boston's successful campaign to rid the city of youthful gun violence both became standard case studies in government courses across the United States. Following Bratton's career when the innovative police chief moved to Los Angeles, Buntin uncovered a history too fascinating and too important to ignore.
Dragnet, One Adam Twelve, Police Story, LA Confidential all rolled into one captivating book. Buntin nails it in this great read. -- LAPD Chief William Bratton Completely entertaining ... a colourful and entirely different take on the vices of Tinseltown. -- Gerald Posner * Daily Beast * Buntin has unearthed in the history of 20th-century L.A. a pervasive criminality that is far more appalling than anything to be found even in the most brutal novels of James Ellroy. -- Jonathan Yardley * Washington Post * A highly original and altogether splendid history ... utterly compelling -- Tim Rutten * Los Angeles Times * Fascinating ... flat out entertaining -- Michael Connelly Dragnet, One Adam Twelve, Police Story, LA Confidential all rolled into one captivating book. Buntin nails it in the great read. -- LAPD Chief William Bratton Completely entertaining... a colourful and entirely different take on the vices of Tinseltown. -- Gerald Posner * DAILY BEAST * Buntin has unearthed in the history of 20th-century L.A. a pervasive criminality that is far more appalling than anything to be found even in the most brutal novels of James Ellroy. -- Jonathan Yardley * WASHINGTON POST * A highly original and altogether splendid history... utterly compelling -- Tim Rutten * LOS ANGELES TIMES * Fascinating... flat out entertaining * Michael Connelly *
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