The assassination of John F. Kennedy, protests against the Vietnam war, racial unrest, baby-boomers swelling the populations of suburban towns, drugs and crime proliferating in the schools. Our world was changing. Sergeant James Branagan was an old-school cop in a small Connecticut town in those tumultuous days, dealing, too, with all of the corruption and political tides that would come with it. A man of integrity, dedicated to his community and...