Rise of the Warrior Cop
Rise of the Warrior Cop

Author: Radley Balko

Publisher: PublicAffairs

Published: 2021-06-01

Total Pages: 497

ISBN-13: 1541700287

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This groundbreaking history of how American police forces have been militarized is now revised and updated. Newly added material brings the story through 2020, including analysis of the Ferguson protests, the Obama and Trump administrations, and the George Floyd protests. The last days of colonialism taught America’s revolutionaries that soldiers in the streets bring conflict and tyranny. As a result, our country has generally worked to keep the military out of law enforcement. But over the last two centuries, America’s cops have increasingly come to resemble ground troops. The consequences have been dire: the home is no longer a place of sanctuary, the Fourth Amendment has been gutted, and police today have been conditioned to see the citizens they serve as enemies. In Rise of the Warrior Cop, Balko shows how politicians’ ill-considered policies and relentless declarations of war against vague enemies like crime, drugs, and terror have blurred the distinction between cop and soldier. His fascinating, frightening narrative that spans from America’s earliest days through today shows how a creeping battlefield mentality has isolated and alienated American police officers and put them on a collision course with the values of a free society.

American Cop
American Cop

Author: Loren Culp

Publisher: April O'Leary

Published: 2019-02-14

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9781733710404

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"The America we know and love will stand or fall based on how many heed Loren Culp's call." Ted NugentChief Loren Culp stood up for the rights of citizens in the face of a Statewide initiative that he believed went against his oath of office. Was it the right thing to do? Whether you are liberal or conservative, pro-gun or anti-gun, Chief Culp gives his inside perspective of what really happened and why. Many have said that the police just need to enforce the law because they are law enforcement. Chief Culp says 'that's not true'. Who is right? Get an inside look at what really happened and why he did what he did from his perspective.Loren Culp is the Police Chief of Republic, Washington. He has been in law enforcement for almost a decade, is a former Sergeant in the US Army and is an avid hunter and supporter of the Constitution. He has been a guest on many national radios shows and was featured on FOX News with Tucker Carlson. He has been married to his wife Barb for over 40 years and has 7 grandchildren.

Cop Knowledge
Cop Knowledge

Author: Christopher P. Wilson

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2000-06

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 9780226901329

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List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction- Thin Blue Lines: Police Power and Cultural Storytelling1. "The Machinery of a Finished Society": Stephen Crane, Theodore Roosevelt, and the Police2. ..".and the Human Cop": Professionalism and the Procedural at Midcentury3. Blue Knights and Brown Jackets: Beat, Badge, and "Civility" in the 1960s4. Hardcovering "True" Crime: Cop Shops and Crime Scenes in the 1980s5. Framing the Shooter: The Globe, the Police, and the StreetsEpilogue- Police BluesNotesIndex Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Black Police in America
Black Police in America

Author: W. Marvin Dulaney

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 1996-02-22

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9780253210401

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"Clear, concise, and filled with new materials, the book sets a high standard . . . Scholars in African American, police, and urban history will all be grateful for what is certain to become a fundamental work in their fields." —The Alabama Review "A balanced, perceptive, and readable study." —Kirkus Reviews " . . . easily read and interesting text . . . " —The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC) "[This] readable book is bound to explode plenty of myths. . . . This is an important book that is long overdue." —Our Texas, The Spirit of African-American Heritage "There is no better time than now for this electrifying, clear, and much needed volume." —Robert B. Ingram, President, National Conference of Black Mayors "Black Police in America is the most comprehensive and best documented study that I have read on African Americans in law enforcement." —Nudie Eugene Williams, University of Arkansas "Full of fascinating stories and accounts of racism and heroism, as well as photos and charts, this volume fills a void in the study of the African-American experience." —South Carolina Historical Magazine ". . . a fresh and original study and an important contribution to the fields of African American and urban history and criminal justice." —The Journal of American History " . . . an accomplished and wide-ranging comparative analysis of the role of race in the development and operation of police departments in America's nineteenth- and twentieth-century cities." —The Journal of Southern History African Americans demanded "colored police for colored people" for over two centuries. Black Police in America traces the history of African Americans in policing, from the appointment of the first "free men of color" as slave patrollers in 19th-century New Orleans to the advent of black police chiefs in urban centers—and explains the impact of black police officers on race relations, law enforcement, and crime.

Once a Cop
Once a Cop

Author: Corey Pegues

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2016-05-24

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1501110497

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A "former cop sets the record straight in this ... memoir about his youth selling crack in the '80s with one of NYC's toughest gangs and later rise through the ranks of the NYPD to become a community leader"--

A Government of Wolves
A Government of Wolves

Author: John W. Whitehead

Publisher: SelectBooks, Inc.

Published: 2013-06

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 1590799836

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“A NATION OF SHEEP WILL BEGET A GOVERNMENT OF WOLVES”–EDWARD R. MURROW America is fast moving into a state of lockdown. Surveillance cameras, drug-sniffing dogs, SWAT team raids, roadside strip searches, blood draws at DUI checkpoints, mosquito drones, tasers, privatized prisons, GPS tracking devices, zero tolerance policies, overcriminalization, free speech zones—these are all symptoms of the emerging police state in America. A GOVERNMENT OF WOLVES paints a chilling portrait of a nation in the final stages of transformation into outright authoritarianism, whose citizens have become little more than a nation of suspects to be cowed, corralled, and controlled. Pulling from his extensive knowledge of constitutional law, history, and futuristic films, John W. Whitehead helps readers navigate this treacherous terrain and provides them with a blueprint for hopefully finding their way back to freedom.

Police Interrogation and American Justice
Police Interrogation and American Justice

Author: Richard A. Leo

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2009-07-01

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 0674033701

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"Read him his rights." We all recognize this line from cop dramas. But what happens afterward? In this book, Richard Leo sheds light on a little-known corner of our criminal justice system--the police interrogation. Incriminating statements are necessary to solve crimes, but suspects almost never have reason to provide them. Therefore, as Leo shows, crime units have developed sophisticated interrogation methods that rely on persuasion, manipulation, and deception to move a subject from denial to admission, serving to shore up the case against him. Ostensibly aimed at uncovering truth, the structure of interrogation requires that officers act as an arm of the prosecution. Skillful and fair interrogation allows authorities to capture criminals and deter future crime. But Leo draws on extensive research to argue that confessions are inherently suspect and that coercive interrogation has led to false confession and wrongful conviction. He looks at police evidence in the court, the nature and disappearance of the brutal "third degree," the reforms of the mid-twentieth century, and how police can persuade suspects to waive their Miranda rights. An important study of the criminal justice system, Police Interrogation and American Justice raises unsettling questions. How should police be permitted to interrogate when society needs both crime control and due process? How can order be maintained yet justice served?

The War on Cops
The War on Cops

Author: Heather Mac Donald

Publisher: Encounter Books

Published: 2016-06-21

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 1594038767

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Violent crime has been rising sharply in many American cities after two decades of decline. Homicides jumped nearly 17 percent in 2015 in the largest 50 cities, the biggest one-year increase since 1993. The reason is what Heather Mac Donald first identified nationally as the “Ferguson effect”: Since the 2014 police shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, officers have been backing off of proactive policing, and criminals are becoming emboldened. This book expands on Mac Donald’s groundbreaking and controversial reporting on the Ferguson effect and the criminal-justice system. It deconstructs the central narrative of the Black Lives Matter movement: that racist cops are the greatest threat to young black males. On the contrary, it is criminals and gangbangers who are responsible for the high black homicide death rate. The War on Cops exposes the truth about officer use of force and explodes the conceit of “mass incarceration.” A rigorous analysis of data shows that crime, not race, drives police actions and prison rates. The growth of proactive policing in the 1990s, along with lengthened sentences for violent crime, saved thousands of minority lives. In fact, Mac Donald argues, no government agency is more dedicated to the proposition that “black lives matter” than today’s data-driven, accountable police department. Mac Donald gives voice to the many residents of high-crime neighborhoods who want proactive policing. She warns that race-based attacks on the criminal-justice system, from the White House on down, are eroding the authority of law and putting lives at risk. This book is a call for a more honest and informed debate about policing, crime, and race.

Cop Under Fire
Cop Under Fire

Author: David Clarke Jr.

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2017-02-28

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1683970640

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America has become increasingly divided and polarized in recent years. With growing racial tension, animosity toward law enforcement professionals, government corruption, and disregard for the constitutional process, there seems to be no easy answer in sight. But Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke knows where we must begin: we must stop blaming others; look at our problems with open eyes; take ownership of our family, community, and country; and turn to God for solutions. Deeply rooted in Sheriff Clarke's personal life story, this book is not a dry recitation of what has gone wrong in America with regard to race. It's about the issues that deeply affect us today-both personally and politically-and how we can rise above our current troubles to once again be a truly great people in pursuit of liberty and justice for all.

American Cop in Bosnia
American Cop in Bosnia

Author: Michael Egbert

Publisher: Page Publishing Inc

Published: 2022-11-03

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 1662404166

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The United Nations created the International Police Task Force to help create a new democratic-style law enforcement system to replace the previous one that terrorized the people of the old Yugoslavia under the Communist regime of Tito. Michael had been recruited to be a member of this force. Michael gained a position of prominence that provided him opportunities to improve the lives of the people in northern Bosnia as well as those police officers from around the world assigned to his region. Michael met many influential people, such as ambassadors, heads of state, and the most famous being Princess Diana. Michael was able to use his influence in overcoming roadblocks to help several families to emigrate from Bosnia and giving local people much-needed jobs to support their families. Michael was the liaison between the United Nations and the United States Army who maintained three bases of operations in the northern region. Michael's one-year assignment with the United Nations would become the most fulfilling year in his law enforcement career, one that changed his life forever.