Beat Cop to Top Cop: A Tale of Three Cities

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BEatcoP totoPcoP This page intentionally left blank BEatcoP totoPcoP ataleofthreecities John F. Timoney Foreword by Tom Wolfe University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia THE CITY IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY Eugenie L. Birch and Susan M. Wachter, Series Editors Published in collaboration with the Penn Institute for Urban Research Copyright © 2010 University of Pennsylvania Press All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations used for purposes of review or scholarly citation, none of this book may be reproduced in any form by any means without written permission from the publisher. Published by University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4112 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Timoney, John F. Beat cop to top cop : a tale of three cities / John F. Timoney ; foreword by Tom Wolfe. p. cm. — (The city in the twenty-first century) Includes index. ISBN 978-0-8122-4246-1 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Timoney, John F. 2. Police—United States—Biography. 3. Police—United States— Case studies. I. Title. HV7911.T563A3 2010 363.2092—dc22 [B] 2009046955 To Noreen, Christine, Sean, and lovely Leah: It’s the cop’s family that makes the real sacrifice. This page intentionally left blank ...