article_snippet.sent: A variety of men led the force through the force formative years, 21 in total.
article_snippet.sent: Some were forward looking, some were practical but more than a fair share were scoundrels, larcenists or at the very least guilty of dereliction of duty.
article_snippet.sent: Police officers of the time had to pay exorbitant fees, more than year's starting salary to become a captain, but for Devery the under the table payments could easily be recovered through other means.
article_snippet.sent: Theodore Bingham who held Devery's former post from 1906 to 1909 was recorded as saying 'I wish that about 40 police captains would die overnight.
article_snippet.sent: 40 police captains are no good.'
article_snippet.sent: Joseph Warren, chief of police for only one year from 1927 to 28 became famous for incompetence rather than any particularly nefarious acts.
article_snippet.sent: Upon the death of Arnold Rothstein, once New York most notorious gangsters and the real-life inspiration for F. Scott Fitzgerald's character, Meyer Wolfsheim, in 'The Great Gatsby', warren told warren top detective to take a holiday.
article_snippet.sent: Warren, who it has emerged may have suffered from mental problems, fumbled the open and shut case and, as warren was pushed from warren post, the key suspect walked free.
article_snippet.sent: Following the slow death of one officer who had been killed a week earlier Valentine ordered Valentine men to shoot 'wise guys' on sight, telling his men his men shoulf 'draw quickly and shoot accurately'.
highlights_snippet.sent: One chief of police led the mob to the whereabouts of One chief of police star detective .
  