Michael Dowd was every law-abiding citizen's worst nightmare, a cop intoxicated by the power his badge conferred. His fascination with drugs brought him wealth; at his first major bust, he stole stacks of $100 bills. By 1987, in Brooklyn's crime-ridden East New York, Dowd's elaborate system of bribery and extortion was providing shelter to local Dominican drug lords, and netting him upwards of $15,000 per week. He became the kingpin of the "Loser's Club, " a band of dirty cops who gathered by night at the shore of Jamaica Bay to drink, shoot their guns into the air, and plan illegal drug shakedowns. And in 1991 Dowd and his crew began to deal stolen cocaine to suburban Long Island kids too afraid to venture into Brooklyn to buy it themselves.
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This review is from: GOOD COP BAD COP JOSEPH TRIMBOLI VS MICHAEL DOWD AND THE NY POLICE DEPT: Joseph Trimboli vs Michael Dowd and the NY Police Department (Paperback)
...the author was able to tell the reader more about the "bad cop", Michael Dowd, than about the "good cop". I followed this ongoing NY Post story back in the early 90's and was enthralled by the misdeeds of these men in blue who were first coined "rogue cops". However, this book was very repetitive, and bored me at times with the angst of the internal affairs officer. For NYC true crime afficionados only.
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The website story is much better,
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This review is from: GOOD COP BAD COP JOSEPH TRIMBOLI VS MICHAEL DOWD AND THE NY POLICE DEPT: Joseph Trimboli vs Michael Dowd and the NY Police Department (Paperback)
The book is written from the view of the author (a newspaper reporter) and the sole investigator who couldn't catch them. Therefore much of the story is left blank or filled in by the authors vivid imagination. The online story "Behind The BlueWall Life of NY police officer Kenneth Eurell" is more detailed from the corrupt officers (Dowd & Eurell) point of views and, gives vivid detail of the crimes involved from an inside look. The book is basically rehashed NY newspaper articles from when the officers were first arrested.
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