Thomas Gibbons (police commissioner)

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Thomas J. Gibbons (1904 – 1987), was the Philadelphia Police Department Commissioner appointed by Mayor Joseph S. Clark Jr. in 1952 and retired in 1960. He was described as "incorruptible" and a "lone wolf" for his intense efforts against the La Cosa Nostra, specifically Angelo Bruno, and the corrupt police officers who supported it.

[edit] References

• Morello, Celeste (2005). Before Bruno & How he Became Boss. Philadelphia: George H Buchanan Company. ISBN 0-9770532-0-2. 
• New York Times Obituary