A TYPICAL DAY IN THE LIFE OF A CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER DURING THE TIME STUDIED COULD MEAN ROUNDING UP STRAY DOGS FOR THE CITY POUND, ADMINISTERING JUSTICE AT THE TIP OF A HICKORY STICK, AND USING THE THIRD DEGREE ON A CRIME SUSPECT. THOSE WERE THE DAYS WHEN THE SUBTLETIES AND SOPHISTICATION OF MODERN POLICE WORK WERE UNKNOWN. THERE WERE FEW CITIZEN CHECKS ON POLICE RULE, AND THE OFFICER HAD TO ESTABLISH, BY ANY MEANS AVAILABLE, WHO WAS THE BOSS OF THE STREETS. THEY WERE THE DAYS WHEN THE DEPARTMENT WAS INTRICATELY LINKED TO POLITICIANS AND POLITICAL CRONYISM. THE AUTHOR REVEALS THE ATTITUDES THAT PREVAILED ON CRIME, WHAT IT WAS, AND HOW IT SHOULD BE HANDLED....BS