Boot: An L.A.P.D. Officer's Rookie Year

In the tumultuous year encompassing the now infamous Rodney King beating rookie police officer William Dunn a "boot" was assigned to patrol the nine square miles that make up the Southwest Division of the Los Angeles Police Department. With twenty-five known street gangs and more than three thousand ex-cons the Southwest Division was in 1991 one of the most dangerous areas to police in the country. An unforgettable account of one cops life on the thin blue line Boot is Dunns story of his first year with the L.A.P.D. Dunns gripping portrait of crime in L.A. offers important insight into what is wrong with our cities - and the way we police them.