Much decorated Lieutenant of 14 years’ service dismissed twice. For excessive force on ex-con and found guilty by a weaponized Board of Police Commissioners very friendly with the charging Chief of Police who brought the charges. Charges dropped in local court and also unanimously twice by the NYS Court of Appeals which ordered reinstatement with full back pay and rank. Court further ruled Chief and his co- conspirator, Det Lt. Ray Stevens conspired to withhold evidence which would have greatly helped Lt Brideau’s case.Additionally the Court ruled the relationships between the Chief and Board Members created an unfair disadvantage for the Lieutenant. 

The book also details Chief Ron Goldfarb’s relationship with a felon, a dismissed Captain of the Yonkers Police Department and a refusal to bring charges against officers stealing and the kidnapping of a patrolman accused of mailing stolen bearer bonds ($237,000) , which was the motive for the  kidnapping to NYC whereby the FBI and NYPD, Yonkers PD and our department became involved. Other incidents of the Chief’s lack of leadership are described within the book including thefts by officers, shooting at a vehicle and the escape of 3 violent prisoners from Sing Sing prison which is within the Village of Ossining.