To Protect and Serve, Norm Stamper
To Protect and Serve, Norm Stamper
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To Protect and Serve
How to Fix America's Police

Author: Norm Stamper

Narrator: Malcolm Hillgartner

Unabridged: 10 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/07/2016


Synopsis

American policing is in crisis. The last decade witnessed a vast increase in police aggression, misconduct, and militarization, along with a corresponding reduction in transparency and accountability. Nowhere is this more noticeable and painful than in African American and other ethnic minority communities. Racism—from raw, individualized versions to insidious systemic examples—appears to be on the rise in our police departments. Overall, our police officers have grown more and more alienated from the people they’ve been hired to serve. In To Protect and To Serve, Norm Stamper offers new insights into the conditions that have created this crisis, reminding us that police in a democratic society belong to the people—and not the other way around.To Protect and To Serve also delivers a revolutionary new model for American law enforcement: the community-based police department. It calls for citizen participation in all aspects of police operations: policymaking, program development, crime fighting and service delivery, entry-level and ongoing education and training, oversight of police conduct, and, especially relevant to today’s challenges, joint community-police crisis management. Nothing will ever change until the system itself is radically restructured, and here Norm Stamper shows us how.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Chad

These past few weeks have sparked some hard and much needed conversations around race in America and the role of the police. My wife and I have had some tough conversations ourselves, and we have been wrestling with our responsibility in helping undo systemic racism, and make American a safer place......more

Goodreads review by Gregg

Living in the school district which encompasses the spot where Philando Castile was shot and the aftermath broadcast on Facebook Live has left me in a fairly despondent state. I have watched my friends become angry and disgusted with police. Yet I know of police officers that I trust, respect and ho......more

Goodreads review by Alex

Helps you understand from a former officer's perspective what works, what doesn't work, and what tough conversations are still to be had. In today's society, more people need to understand what is going on, what has happened, and what needs to happen, part of which this book addresses.......more

Goodreads review by Rebecca

Informative, but a very slow read. Skimmed the last 100 pages for a summary.......more

Goodreads review by Mike

WARNING: SPOILERS Reading this book, I’m reminded of a fact of law enforcement. With exceptions, once you get above sergeant (in a large police department) you no longer do police work. Chief Stampler is what we call a bureaucrat with a badge. It shows in his writing. He seems to think with over 63 m......more