Abuse of Power [antikvár]

author's noteThis was a difficult book for me to write, and many people assisted in its development. To my editor and friend, Michaela Hamilton, thank you for your tireless support and inspiration. To my publisher, Elaine Kos-ter, and to Peter Mayer, Marvin Brown, Arnold Dolin, Lisa Johnson, Maryann Palumbo, Alex Holtz, Larry Hughes, Ellen Silberman, Peter Schneider, and all my other friends at Penguin USA, I sincerely appreciate your diligent efforts on my behalf.I have enormous respect for the many valiant officers who risk their lives to protect our communities. Having been affiliated with a number of police agencies through the years, I found the majority of officers I worked with to be honest and dedicated public servants. Since the setting for this novel is Ventura County, and I was at one time employed by the Ventura Police Department, I want to make it clear that the characters and events depicted in this book are fictional and in no way reflect the high caliber of officers who are employed at the Ventura P.D., nor any of the other departments I have been associated with throughout my career in law enforcement.Situations like the ones described in this novel are occurring on an ever increasing basis. Although the story I have told is fictional, I drew strictly from real-life events that have been reported by the media. I decided to undertake this project in an attempt to explain what the code of silence means, and to expose