Total Misconduct [Hardcover]

Samuel Clark (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 2005

Total Misconduct presents a detailed account of corruption and official misconduct within the police department of the City of Newark, New Jersey. To some, the shocking events described in this book may appear to be exaggerated. Unfortunately, they are not. Samuel Clark, a former police lieutenant and veteran police officer of more than 25 years, worked with a handful of brave police officers to expose the existence of wide spread police corruption in the Newark Police Department. These officers presented documentary evidence of serious police corruption to local and state politicians, a county prosecutor, the State Attorney General, the U.S. Attorney General, and the FBI. Nevertheless, no elected official or taxpayer funded law enforcement agency intervened to put an end to the corruption or to protect the whistle-blowing officers from retaliation. Why did elected officials and government law enforcement agencies ignore the evidence and the complaints of serious police corruption from over 26 credible and reliable police officers? Samuel Clark presents facts, official police documents and report numbers, court transcript excerpts and case numbers, and newspaper accounts, enabling the reader to make his/her own conclusions.

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"A must-read for every person who stands behind their police department." --Leon Grauer, Defense Attorney

About the Author

Born and raised in Newark, New Jersey, Samuel Clark joined the Newark Police Department on November 20, 1972. During his 25 years with the police department, Mr. Clark has worked as an officer in the patrol division, as a detective assigned to the juvenile bureau and has worked on all kinds of cases ranging from harassment to homicide. He was promoted to the rank of sergeant in 1994 and to lieutenant in 1997. In 1995 Mr. Clark, while on duty and serving in a supervisory capacity, suffered police brutality at the hands of a lower-ranking Newark police officer. When the officer received a mere reprimand, Clark was prompted to investigate the policies and practices of the Newark Police Department. Not only did he find that the police department had failed to terminate or properly sanction officers who had committed rape, assault, auto theft and other serious crimes; he also found that corruption and differential treatment pervaded the entire department. When Clark attempted to fulfill his ethical and sworn responsibility to report corruption and differential treatment to his supervisors, they and other high-ranking police officials responded by slapping him with harsh sanctions. Mr. Clark even appeared before the Newark Municipal Council and offered public testimony regarding the corruption he had uncovered. The council, however, did little to stop the corruption or to protect Clark from retaliation. On April 9, 1999, Mr. Clark was terminated from the police department. Mr. Clark is retired from the police department and is currently living in Pennsylvania with his wife and daughter. He is completing a degree in computer science and writing another book on police corruption. He is also assisting victims of police misconduct and testifying in court cases of police misconduct.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 639 pages
• Publisher: Disclosure Research & Publishing (June 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 097649292X
• ISBN-13: 978-0976492924
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,284,395 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read for All Americans, September 1, 2005

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avid reader (united states) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Total Misconduct (Hardcover)

This is a great book and would make a great movie. In fact, it makes the corruption in "Training Day" look like child's play - and it's all true! This book details the experiences of one police officer in a corrupt city police department and how honest cops who try to buck the system end up getting penalized. The book tells how $30,000 in police funds were stolen right under the noses of police officials, how police are pressured to make a minimum number of arrests regardless of whether a crime has been committed, how a drunken officer can terrorize innocent citizens with virtual immunity, and how police officers engage in all sorts of criminal behavior and get away with it. Highly recommended!!!!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Definately a page turner!!, October 5, 2005

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This review is from: Total Misconduct (Hardcover)

This book is VERY enlightening..I couldn't put it down after taking it home from the book store. I agree with the statement that this would make a GREAT movie. The corruption revealed in this book is CRAZY and almost scary.

A great read without a doubt!!

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read, November 6, 2010

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Fillycop (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Total Misconduct (Hardcover)

Anyone that wants to get a true inside look at police departments this is the book! Lt. Clark sets the stage on fire with this one. Any officer that has reported corruption and experienced the harassment, discrimination and retaliation that comes along with "breaking the blue wall of silence" can relate to this book. It will make you cry and laugh at the same time; when you realize that it happens all over the United States. High ranking police officials and coward cops must all attend the same school of thought. This book needs to be a movie. The public can witness how police officers are more afraid of the people they work with than the criminals they arrest. Lt. Clark exposed the ugly side of police corruption within and was fired like so many other "good cops". Lt. Clark searched every avenue from the officers to the Mayor and no one helped him after he was almost killed by a well-known rouge cop and the only thing he heard through the silence was "SHUT UP"! Grab this book and take a journey in the life of a metropolitan police officer. Lt. Clark is now fighting for other officers who have come under attack by Police, Correction and Fire Departments throughout the United States. He airs ALL of their dirty laundry weekly on Blogtalkradio's The Justice For All Show.