Michael Cox (police officer)
Encyclopedia
Michael Cox is a former police officer
with the Boston Police Department
who, while working in plain clothes
, was severely beaten by fellow officers of the Boston Police Department
. His story was featured in the book The Fence, written by author and former Boston Globe reporter Dick Lehr. The story was also covered in the Boston Globe in an article called "The Blue Wall of Silence."
Police officer
A police officer is a warranted employee of a police force...
with the Boston Police Department
Boston Police Department
The Boston Police Department , created in 1838, holds the primary responsibility for law enforcement and investigation within the city of Boston, Massachusetts. It is one of the oldest police departments in the United States...
who, while working in plain clothes
Undercover
Being undercover is disguising one's own identity or using an assumed identity for the purposes of gaining the trust of an individual or organization to learn secret information or to gain the trust of targeted individuals in order to gain information or evidence...
, was severely beaten by fellow officers of the Boston Police Department
Boston Police Department
The Boston Police Department , created in 1838, holds the primary responsibility for law enforcement and investigation within the city of Boston, Massachusetts. It is one of the oldest police departments in the United States...
. His story was featured in the book The Fence, written by author and former Boston Globe reporter Dick Lehr. The story was also covered in the Boston Globe in an article called "The Blue Wall of Silence."