The Thin Black Line: True Stories by Law Enforcement Officers Policing America's Meanest Streets

Meet the black men and women policing our meanest streets... LaVerne Dunlap: she infiltrated a drug gang and testified against them in court ... only to have the drug lords mark her for assassination. Dep. County Sheriff Winroe Reed: he ventured into America's "Homicide Capital" alone to apprehend a 6'9" homicidal crack dealer... a man so dangerous no other cops would accompany him. Chris Saffron: he worked the toughest drug gangs in Harlem, alone... even after his cover was blown. These are just a few of the courageous black heroes readers will meet in Hugh Holton's .