Ka taƙaita labarin:  A cikin jagorancin NYPD daga 1934-45 Lewis Valentine (hoton), wani dan jarida na rundunar fiye da shekaru 30 wanda ke da suna don zalunci. A yau su jarumawa ne na yau da kullum, mafi kyawun New York, amma Sashen 'Yan Sandan New York yana da tarihin da ya fi damuwa fiye da yadda mutane da yawa za su yi tunanin. Sabon littafin Bernard Whalen 'Shekaru Hamsin na Farko na NYPD' Labari ne na cin hanci, tashin hankali na jama'a da membobin KKK na asirce. Whalen ya zana taswirar farkon fitowar sashen 'yan sanda da aka san shi a duniya daga farkonsa a 1898 lokacin da' yan sanda 18 masu zaman kansu na yankin New York suka haɗu zuwa ɗaya. Mutane daban-daban sun jagoranci rundunar ta hanyar shekarun da suka gabata, 21 a duka. Wasu sun kasance masu hangen nesa, wasu sun kasance masu amfani amma fiye da rabon da ya dace sun kasance masu lalata, masu fashi ko kuma a kalla sun yi laifin yin watsi da aiki. Sakataren 'yan sanda na farko na sashen, William Devery, wanda ya rike mukamin daga 1898-1901, an san shi da sarkin cin hanci. Tsohon mai ba da umarni na mashaya, Devery dole ne ya ba da baya don shiga cikin rundunar, kuma bai taɓa jin kunya game da cinikin dala don matsayi ba, in ji New York Post. Jami'an 'yan sanda na lokacin dole ne su biya kudade masu yawa, fiye da albashin shekara guda don zama kyaftin, amma ga Devery a karkashin teburin biyan kuɗi za a iya dawo da su ta wasu hanyoyi. A farkon aikinsa, lokacin da yake karɓar umarnin ƙananan 'yan sanda na Gabas ta Gabas, an rubuta Devery a matsayin yana cewa akwai babban' cin hanci da rashawa 'a tsakanin ma'aikatansa kuma zai dakatar da shi don ya iya cika aljihunsa. Tare da baya na cin hanci da aka biya masa Devery ya iya saya wani baseball tawagar, da New York Highlanders, a forerunner da New York Yankees, wanda ya karshe sayar da $ 300,000 a 1915. Theodore Bingham wanda ya rike tsohon mukamin Devery daga 1906 zuwa 1909 yana da halaye na musamman na halaye kuma an bayyana shi a cikin 'Shekaru Hamsin na farko na NYPD' a matsayin rashin lafiya. Tsohon Brigadier Janar, Bingham ya rasa ƙafafunsa a cikin hadarin injiniya na Army a Buffalo. Ya yi aiki a tsawon aikinsa...
Tarihin sirri na NYPD daga farkon shekaru 50 da aka bayyana a cikin littafi game da karfi. Idan aka dubi mutanen da suka jagoranci 'yan sanda, littafin ya bayyana cin hanci da rashawa. Wani shugaban'yan sanda ya jagoranci taron zuwa wurin da mai binciken tauraronsa yake. Wani kuma ya kasa binciken kutse KKK a cikin sahun sashen sa.