Greg Dillon proudly wore a cop-solidarity “thin blue line” face mask when Covid-19 hit.
At the same time he was finishing up a book about how he watched the cop-solidarity “thin blue line” lead to corruption and cover-ups in law enforcement.
Dillon finished the book. It’s a page-turner, a glimpse inside wrongdoing and then revenge within the ranks of the FBI and state’s attorney’s office, all on terrain familiar to people in New Haven. It’s called The Thin Blue Lie: An Honest Cop vs. The FBI. Post Hill Press releases the book on Feb. 22. (You can order it now here.)
Over a three-decade career, the New Haven native served as a Branford cop, an FBI agent, and then an investigator with the state’s attorney’s office. His book recounts how higher-ups retaliated against him for uncovering how the FBI regularly submitted untrue statements (attributed to investigators like Dillon) to obtain court permission to arrest suspected fugitives. Dillon had the last laugh: He won over $3 million (with the help of famous NYC whistleblower cop Frank Serpico) in two highly-publicized lawsuits against his bosses, then remained in the post until retiring in 2009.
Thirteen years later, he has offered all the behind-the-scene details about how (a la The Wire) bureaucratic and political incentives can lead law enforcement to take short cuts and undermine public safety, then make matters worse with cover-ups.
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