Good Cop Bad Cop: Detective Joe Trimboli's Heroic Pursuit of NYPD Officer Michael Dowd

by Mike McAlary

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.

Genres: Nonfiction, True Crime, History

277 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1994

Reviews

[Paul · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Shedara Somers · Rating 2 out of 5]

The story was interesting but the way the book was written was boring and confusing. he used the phrase "well, hell...." 3 times on the same page. Maybe if it was organized better....I watched the Documentary after and enjoyed that way better than the book. The Documentary is called The Seven Five.

[Nick · Rating 3 out of 5]

The case and story were interesting. It's about one internal affairs cop trying to shut down a corrupt drug dealing cop, but the rest of the New York police leadership, preffered to ignore the problem. The writing was great, but the organizational structure was fairly poor.

[Edward]

i sorta liked it

[Toesnorth's mom]

true story, corruption galore!