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Title: Very basic,,,lacks a lot of important details
Review: Middleton means well, of that I am sure. However, he violates the cardinal rule of non-fiction writers by changing many place names into unrecognizable titles. For example, he claims to have worked undercover at a Los Angeles high school in the late 1960's. Why the need to change the name of the school? He changes a lot of street names and other details that make a non-fiction book much more interesting. He also bends way too far over to apologize for all the awful things he did as a young rookie. A lot of true crime/non-fiction readers take great joy into researching sections of the stories they read--they can't do this if the author is vague about details. If you want to learn about L.A.P.D. in the 60's and 70's, this is not the book.
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