To serve and collect
Subtitle: Chicago politics and police corruption from the Lager Beer Riot to the Summerdale Scandal
By: Richard C. Lindberg.
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
Subjects: Police -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History.; Police corruption -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History.; Chicago (Ill.) -- Politics and government.
Description: Traces the stormy history of the Chicago Police department from the 1850s to the Summerdale Scandal. Includes a retrospective of some of the most infamous murder cases of the twentieth century. Discusses the ties between politics, organized crime, vice, and the police department.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-346) and index.