Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40AMERICAN POLICE BEAT: NOVEMBER 2016 31 A wonderful new book, Undisclosed Files of the Police: Cases from the Ar- chives of the NYPD from 1831 to the Present, is a 320-page collection of more than 80 criminal capers that simultaneously shocked and intrigued the people of New York City. It was released by Black Dog and Leventhal on September 27th. This smorgasbord of ve- nality was cooked up by three NYPD insiders – ac- tive Lt. Bernard Whalen, a 35-year NYPD veteran; Philip Messing, a longtime crime reporter for the New York Post; and Robert Mla- dinich, a retired NYPD detective who is now the communications director for the NYPD Sergeants Benevolent Association. The book is chock full of tales of murder, kidnap- pings, bombings, heists, rub-outs, terrorist attacks, and more. The stories are brought to life with hundreds of sepia-toned, old-time pho- tographs, colorful illus- trations and newspaper headlines.The narratives leap to life with surprising power and verve. Along with the gripping crimes, the reader learns a lot about developments in policies, procedures and even police science in the law enforcement world that were embraced by forward- thinking visionaries. These include the rogue’s gallery, the third degree, and the use of an outside criminal profiler to assist in the hunt for the Mad Bomber, a disgruntled for- mer Con Ed employee who planted explosives in public venues from 1940 to 1956. Other stories include the city’s first bank heist in 1831, where thieves made off with the equivalent of $54 million today; the 1906 murder of architect Stanford White; the Nazi threat; the NYPD role in the Lindbergh kidnap- ping; the Julius and Eth- el Rosenberg espionage case; the corruption scan- dal surrounding gambling czar Harry Gross in 1950; the notorious barbershop rubout of gangster Albert Anastasia; the long-for- gotten stabbing of Martin Luther King in 1958; the censorship of caustic come- dian Lenny Bruce; and the seismic change in juvenile justice wrought by the mur- derous escapades of teen assailant Willie Bosket in the 1970s. More recent stories in- clude the preemptive gun- play by milquetoast Ber- nhard Goetz; the Preppy Murder Case; the two at- tacks on the World Trade Center; and the potentially catastrophic Times Square bombing attempt in 2010. Although taste is always a matter of personal prefer- ence, the primary allure of this book is there is literally something for everyone. The New York Times wrote that “New York charac- ters, both good guys and gangsters, leap from the pages.” Newsday reported that the book “has something for every crime aficionado, from Mafia buffs to those who are captivated by headline grabbing trials.” Author Nicholas Pileggi wrote that “fact rivals fic- tion in this gritty, well-re- searched collection.” And former NYPD Commis- sioner Ray Kelly called the book “an extensive buffet of NYC’s real crime history, served up in spicy, bite-sized portions.” From the NYPD archives: grisly crimes from secret files Above, from left to right, are the authors: Lt. Bernard Whalen, a 35-year NYPD veteran; Robert Mladinich, a retired NYPD detective who is now the communications director for the NYPD Sergeants Benevolent Association; and Philip Messing, a longtime crime reporter for The New York Post. NSA WEBINAR SERIES Featuring a new educational webinar on the second Thursday of each month at 2:00pm ET. Visit www.sheriffs.org/webinarsapb to view upcoming and archived webinars.