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Honest Cop 17: It was the subject of hushed conversations in a hundred station houses [...] that epic fall of the crusading Deputy Chief Inspector [...] ‘[Police Commissioner] Whalen busted him just as far as the civil service regulations would let him,’ the old-timers told the recruits. Honest Cop 267: That in turn made some of the reporters furious when they were carpeted by their superiors for turning in a story which had no foundation. Honest Cop 277: [W]hile he was a detective, he was picked by Commissioner Arthur Woods to be the ‘ears’ of the chief in listening for trouble within the Department. Honest Cop 226: ‘All right, I don’t want any horseback decision. I don’t want you to give me any quick decision’. Honest Cop 95: ‘Al [Smith] is bound to go along with Tammany. He’ll lick the socks off Hylan in a primary fight’. Honest Cop 53: All the cops were to be probationary patrolmen, the Sergeants, brand new Sergeants who had just been sworn in that day—even the Lieutenants were newly made. Honest Cop 37: Each ambitious cop should have a ‘Rabbi’—a politician of some sort—a Tammany captain or district leader, or perhaps an Assemblyman, State Senator, or Alderman. Such a sponsor would look after the interests of his protégé. Honest Cop 277: With the suicide of Inspector Charles L. Neidig, following his transfer to ‘Siberia’ in Queens, at least 50 per cent of the force of 19,000 was reported fearful. Honest Cop 25: [H]e wanted to be a ‘smoke-eater.’ [...] He was going to be a fireman. Honest Cop 230: ‘Get wise to yourself, Bill, this case isn’t dead. Can’t you see the handwriting on the wall?’.