Breaking Rank: A Top Cop's Exposé of the Dark Side of American Policing by Stamper, Norm

Breaking Rank: A Top Cop's Exposé of the Dark Side of American Policing (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781560258551)

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Breaking Rank: A Top Cop's Exposé of the Dark Side of American Policing by Stamper, Norm

Breaking Rank: A Top Cop's Exposé of the Dark Side of American Policing

$18.95
Breaking Rank: A Top Cop's Exposé of the Dark Side of American Policing by Stamper, Norm

Breaking Rank: A Top Cop's Exposé of the Dark Side of American Policing

$18.95
Format: Paperback
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Opening with a powerful letter to former Tacoma police chief David Brame, who shot his estranged wife before turning the gun on himself, Norm Stamper introduces us to the violent, secret world of domestic abuse that cops must not only navigate, but which some also perpetrate. Former chief of the Seattle police force, Stamper goes on to expose a troubling culture of racism, sexism, and homophobia that is still pervasive within the twenty-first-century force; then he explores how such prejudices can be addressed. He reveals the dangers and temptations that cops face, describing in gripping detail the split-second life-and-death decisions. Stamper draws on lessons learned to make powerful arguments for drug decriminalization, abolition of the death penalty, and radically revised approaches to prostitution and gun control. He offers penetrating insights into the "blue wall of silence," police undercover work, and what it means to kill a man. And, Stamper gives his personal account of the World Trade organization debacle of 1999, when protests he was in charge of controlling turned violent in the streets of Seattle. Breaking Rank reveals Norm Stamper as a brave man, a pioneering public servant whose extraordinary life has been dedicated to the service of his community.

Author: Norm Stamper
ISBN-10: 1560258551
ISBN-13: 9781560258551
Publisher: Bold Type Books
Language: English
Published: 05/24/2006
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 8.18h x 5.50w x 0.91d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2007 pg. 177
By Norm Stamper
By Norm Stamper
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Norm Stamper was a cop for thirty-four years, the first twenty-eight in San Diego, the last six (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 Side of American Policing (Nation Books, 2005).

He served as a founding member of President Clinton's National Advisory Council on the Violence Against Women Act, and as an advisory board member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, along with numerous other boards dedicated to violence prevention, drug policy reform, and social justice. He has been called as an expert witness in approximately twenty police misconduct cases. He has written essays and opinion pieces for such publications as the New York Times, the Nation, Time Magazine, the Guardian (UK and US), Playboy, the Los Angeles Times, San Diego Union Tribune, Penthouse, American Police Beat Magazine, and YES! Magazine.

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