Walk the walk : how three police chiefs defied the odds and changed cop culture / Neil Gross.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gross, Neil, 1971- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Police--United States--Case studies.

Police.

Police--California--Stockton.

Police--Colorado--Longmont.

Police--Georgia--LaGrange.

California--Stockton.

Colorado--Longmont.

Georgia--LaGrange.

United States.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

viii, 257 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

How three police chiefs defied the odds and changed cop culture

Place of Publication:

New York : Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2023.

Summary:

Taking readers deep inside three unusual police departments in California, Colorado, and Georgia, this book, informed by research and by turns gripping, tragic, and inspirational, follows the chiefs--and their officers and detectives--as they worked to replace aggressive culture with something better.

"Walk the Walk brings readers deep inside three unusual departments--in Stockton, California; Longmont, Colorado; and LaGrange, Georgia--whose chiefs signed on to replace that aggressive culture with something better: with models focused on equity before the law, social responsibility, racial reconciliation, and the preservation of life. Informed by research, unflinching and by turns gripping, tragic, and inspirational, this book follows the chiefs--and their officers and detectives--as they conjured a new spirit of policing. While every community faces unique challenges with police reform, Walk the Walk opens a window onto what the police could be, if we took seriously the charge of creating a more just America." -- inside front jacket flap.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-247) and index.

ISBN:

9781250777522

1250777526

OCLC:

1372549613