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Cop in the Hood


Winner of the 2008 PROSE Award for Best Book in Sociology

Never mind "The Wire." Here is the real thing. --The Wall Street Journal

Cop in the Hood is an explosive insider’s story of what it is really like to be a police officer on the front lines of the war on drugs. Harvard-trained sociologist Peter Moskos became a cop in Baltimore’s roughest neighborhood, the location for the HBO drama The Wire. He provides an unforgettable window into a world outsiders never see. Those who read it will never view the badge the same way.

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July 2, 2009

Help Wanted

There's a Craigslist help wanted ad for chief of the BPD's Criminal Investigations Division. Normally you would expect this position to be in internal promotion. Justin Fenton writes about this in the Sun.

2 comments:

Marc S. said...

Don't even need a Bachelors degree. Way to raise the bar.

PCM said...

I saw that and didn't know what to say. It doesn't look good. But I also know many a good police in Baltimore with nothing but a high-school degree.