The Twenty-Seventh City
Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
Published: February 3, 1991
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780517062999
Subjects: Non-Classifiable; Sale Books; Nonfiction - General
First sentence: In early June Chief William O'Connell of the St. Louis Police Department announced his retirement, and the Board of Police Commissioners, passing over the favored candidates of the city political establishment, the black community, the press, the Officers Association and the Missouri governor, selected a woman, formerly with the police in Bombay, India, to begin a five-year term as chief.