Michael Rothmiller a former detective
inside the LAPD Organized Crime Intelligence Division is the co-author of My Hero: Military Kids Write About Their
Moms and Dads; Old Dog's Guide for Pups: Advice and Rules for Human Training; and, L.A. Secret Police: Inside the LAPD
Elite Spy Network.
According to the book description of
L.A. Secret Police: Inside the LAPD Elite Spy Network., “Many first became acquainted with the Los Angeles
Police Department in 1992, with the videotape of the Rodney King beating and the subsequent riots. This was common fare for
la-la land -- peaceful protesters, for example, learned about LAPD brutality in 1967. Ten years later the ACLU and other citizen
groups began investigating the Public Disorder Intelligence Division. In 1983, years after the police commission had ordered
PDID to destroy more than 50,000 espionage files, many of these files turned up again. The commission then ordered PDID to
disband, whereupon it changed its name to the Anti-Terrorist Division. This was a slick move that used the 1984 Olympics in
Los Angeles as an excuse.
By 1992, LAPD officer Mike Rothmiller
was fed up. He blew the whistle by claiming that the Organized Crime Intelligence Division was the real culprit, while PDID
had been more or less a media diversion all along. Since 1957 OCID has collected files on everyone, from movie stars to politicians,
and even planted a mole in the mayor's office. Rothmiller was an OCID detective from 1978 to 1982, and enjoyed access
to many of these files. In this book he reports numerous instances of unwarranted surveillance, ugly racism, and routine perjury
by the LAPD. It's not a pretty picture, but it's much more accurate than those cop shows on TV.”
According to the book description of
Old Dog's Guide for Pups: Advice and Rules for Human Training, “Ok you pups out there,
listen up. Old Dog is going to explain the whole bone. Common sense Human training is as simple as One, Two, Three. Once you
understand its basic principles you can breeze through life with barely a "No! No! No!" along the way. With 50,000
years of human domestication behind canines, it shouldn't be tough to own, train, and enjoy the perfect human. Learn how
to maximize your powers of staring, how to claim the perfect sleeping spots all over the house, how to control the car ride,
and more.”
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