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Seattle justice : the rise and fall of the police payoff system in Seattle
- Title
- Seattle justice : the rise and fall of the police payoff system in Seattle / Christopher T. Bayley.
- Author
- Bayley, Christopher T.
- Publication
- Seattle, WA : Sasquatch Books, [2015]
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Details
- Description
- xvi, 223 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Despite its reputation as a progressive and high-tech place, Seattle had a 100-year history of vice and official corruption. The system involved city official turning a blind eye to illegal gambling, unlicensed bars, and prostitution--in exchange for which police officers demanded "operating fees" in the form of cash payments from establishment owners. The money trail may have started on sordid streets but it traveled high up in official hierarchy. In the early 1970s, Christopher T. Bayley was a young lawyer with a fire in his belly to break the back of this antiquated system known as the "tolerance policy." Against the odds, he became the youngest prosecutor in King County (which includes Seattle) in history. Six months into his first term, he indicted a city councilman, the previous county prosecutor (who had the job for 22 years), a former police chief, and an assistant police chief. This is the story of how vice and payoffs became rules of the game in Seattle, and what it took to finally clean up the city"--
- Alternative Title
- Rise and fall of the police payoff system in Seattle
- Police payoff system in Seattle
- Subjects
- Police corruption
- Public prosecutors
- Criminal justice, Administration of
- Police corruption > Washington (State) > Seattle > History > 20th century
- Public prosecutors > Washington (State) > Seattle > History > 20th century
- Criminal justice, Administration of > Washington (State) > Seattle > History > 20th century
- TRAVEL > United States > West > Pacific (AK, CA, HI, NV, OR, WA)
- History
- Washington (State) > Seattle
- Bayley, Christopher T
- 1900-1999
- TRUE CRIME > General
- POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Law Enforcement
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-217) and index.
- Call Number
- JFD 18-2450
- ISBN
- 9781632170293
- 1632170299
- LCCN
- 2015011365
- OCLC
- 900913378
- Author
- Bayley, Christopher T., author.
- Title
- Seattle justice : the rise and fall of the police payoff system in Seattle / Christopher T. Bayley.
- Publisher
- Seattle, WA : Sasquatch Books, [2015]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-217) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Research Call Number
- JFD 18-2450