Gangsters, Narcotics, Homicide: Protecting the Thin Blue Line

By Maurice L. Landrum

The book chronicles the career of Maurice L. Landrum from his childhood to being sworn-in as a Los Angeles Police Officer. It's a true story about street life in Los Angeles and career survival within the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). During the earlier eighties and nineties, gang violence, narcotics, and homicides impacted the city of Los Angeles. This books focuses on the struggle to maintain peace and calm, as well as, the lack of true leadership during some junctures of his career. There were officer-involved-shootings, internal complaint investigations and civil unrest that encompassed his career. Towards the end of his career, LAPD was served with a Federal Consent Decree. During his career the LAPD honored 39 fallen heroes, who were killed in the line of duty.

During his law enforcement career, it has been a distinct honor and privilege to serve side-by-side with some of the most talented and squared away police officers in the world. It was equally satisfying to serve the citizens of Los Angeles on a daily basis with pride, integrity and guts. Especially, those victims that could not protect or defend themselves from the violent predators that plagued the city streets. In April 1992, while assigned to South Bureau Homicide during the Los Angeles Riots, Detective Landrum investigated the cold-blooded rape/murder of a teenage victim that shocked the conscience. Along the way, he survived the internal shenanigans attempted by several so-called leaders. In the end, he retired honorably from the LAPD

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1098310357
• ISBN13: 9781098310356
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Bookbaby
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"