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 there have
been a series of high-profile tragedies,but in towns and cities
across the country. 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 Serve , Stamper delivers a revolutionary new model for American
law enforcement: the community-based police department. It calls
for fundamental changes in the federal government's role in local
policing as well as 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 Stamper shows us how.
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