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The Milwaukee Police Department was organized in 1855 with a determined chief, seven pugnacious officers, and little money. The department grew to 21 men by the start of the Civil War in 1861. Law enforcement in the city soon earned the national reputation for honesty, integrity, and fairness it has enjoyed into the 21st century. The Milwaukee Police Department was first in the country to establish a formal officer training school, police bomb disposal vehicle, and "talking squad car." Nefarious criminals handled by the department include the foiled presidential assassin John Schrank, the serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, and characters with quaint nicknames like "Cat-eye Lil" and "Kelly the Choker."
Kelling, who has studied policing for over forty years, explores the history of policing through the story of the fascinating changes in the operations of the Milwaukee Police Department in the twenty and twenty-first centuries and what it portends for the future.
An autobiography of Detective Lieutenant David J. Kane and his thirty year career on the Milwaukee, Wisconsin Police Department during the years 1970-2000. Ride along in his squad or walk a beat with him as he takes you back to his early years catching street criminals. Travel back to many horrific homicide scenes and sit through the interrogations of the suspects. There are many funny and interesting stories to keep you entertained as he goes behind the scenes of the Jeffery Dahmer, Lawrencia Bembenek and many other high profile murder cases during the latter part of the 20th century.