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34%OFFNorm Stamper - To Protect and Serve: How to Fix America’s Police - 9781568585406 - V9781568585406
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To Protect and Serve: How to Fix America’s Police

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Description for To Protect and Serve: How to Fix America’s Police Hardcover. "Stamper offers new insights into the conditions that have created [the problems in American policing], reminding us that police in a democratic society belong to the people--and not the other way around .. [and delivering] a revolutionary new model for American law enforcement: the community-based police department"-- Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSW1; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 244 x 35. Weight in Grams: 564.
The police in America belong to the people,not the other way around. Yet millions of Americans experience their cops as racist, brutal, and trigger-happy: an overly aggressive, militarized enemy of the people. For their part, today's officers feel they are under siege,misunderstood, unfairly criticized, and scapegoated for society's ills. Is there a fix? Former Seattle Police Chief Norm Stamper believes there is.Policing is in crisis. The last decade has witnessed a vast increase in police aggression, misconduct, and militarization, along with a corresponding reduction in transparency and accountability. It is not just noticeable in African American and other minority communities,where ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Nation Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
563g
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781568585406
SKU
V9781568585406
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Ref
99-10

About Norm Stamper
Norm Stamper was a cop for 34 years, the first 28 in San Diego, the last 6(1994-2000) as Seattle s police chief. He is credited as the architect of the nation s first community policing program and has a PhD in leadership and human behavior. He is the author of Breaking Rank: A Top Cop's Expose of the Dark ... Read more

Reviews for To Protect and Serve: How to Fix America’s Police
This is a book America has been waiting for
a top cop's searing expose of corrupt, bigoted, brutal and trigger-happy policing in America and how to fix a broken system. It's the inside story, an MRI from former Seattle Police Chief Norm Stamper, showing good cops taking risks to protect us all, to cities balancing the books with police fines, militarization ... Read more

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