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Seattle Justice: The Rise and Fall of the Police Payoff System in Seattle by Christopher T. Bayley (Hardcover, 2015)

Despite its current reputation as a progressive and high-tech place, Seattle had a 100-year history of vice and official corruption. The system involved city officials turning a blind eye to illegal gambling, unlicensed bars, and prostitution--in exchange for which police officers demanded operating fees in the form of cash payments from establishment owners. The money trail may have started on sordid streets but it traveled high up in official hierarchy. In the late 1960's, Christopher T. Bayley was a young lawyer with a fire in his belly to break the back of this antiquated system known as the tolerance policy. Against the odds, he defeated an entrenched encumbent to become King County Prosecutor (which includes Seattle). Six months into his first term, he indicted a city councilman, the previous county prosecutor (who had the job for twenty-two years), a former police chief, and an assistant police chief. This is the story of how vice and payoffs became rules of the game in Seattle, and what it took to finally clean up the city.

Author
Christopher T. Bayley
Publication Name
Seattle Justice: the Rise and Fall of the Police Payoff System in Seattle
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Politics
Publication Year
2015
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
240 Pages

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