Lines and Shadows is a nonfiction book by Joseph Wambaugh, a former police officer with the Los Angeles Police Department, chronicling the activities of the Border Crime Task Force of the San Diego Police Department between October and April Cited by: Select Format. Hardcover. $ - $ Hardcover $ - $ Paperback. $ Paperback $ Mass Market Paperback. $Cited by: · I have enjoyed much of Joseph Wambaugh's writing, but this one was only okay for me. Lines and Shadows tells the story of a special unit of San Diego police officers, dedicated to breaking up the criminals preying on Mexicans trying to sneak across the border. Started by one lieutenant who was tired of seeing these helpless people become victims in the southernmost part of his jurisdiction, the /5.
This is the true story of a squad of San Diego cops, posing as undocumented immigrants, whose mission is to police the no-man's-land by the international border where men, women, and children cross in the dead of night only to fall prey to ruthless Mexican bandits waiting to rape, rob, and murder them. Not since Joseph Wambaugh's best-selling "The Onion Field has there been a true police story as fascinating, as totally gripping as"Lines And Shadows. The media hailed them as heroes. Others denounced them as lawless renegades. A squad of tough cops called the Border Crime Task Force. A commando team sent to patrol the snake-infested no-man's-land south of San Diego. About Lines and Shadows. The true story only Joseph Wambaugh could tell. A band of California cops set loose in no-man's-land to come home heroes. Or come home dead. Not since Joseph Wambaugh's bestselling The Onion Field has there been a true police story as fascinating, as totally gripping as Lines and Shadows. The media hailed them as.
I have enjoyed much of Joseph Wambaugh's writing, but this one was only okay for me. Lines and Shadows tells the story of a special unit of San Diego police officers, dedicated to breaking up the criminals preying on Mexicans trying to sneak across the border. Started by one lieutenant who was tired of seeing these helpless people become victims in the southernmost part of his jurisdiction, the unit began with good intentions but was fraught with problems, almost from the start. About Lines and Shadows. The true story only Joseph Wambaugh could tell. A band of California cops set loose in no-man’s-land to come home heroes. Or come home dead. Not since Joseph Wambaugh’s bestselling The Onion Field has there been a true police story as fascinating, as totally gripping as Lines and Shadows. Select Format. Hardcover. $ - $ Hardcover $ - $ Paperback. $ Paperback $ Mass Market Paperback. $
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