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Rise of the warrior cop : the militarization of America's police forces / by Balko, Radley.(CARDINAL)351921;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-368) and index.From Rome to writs -- Soldiers in the streets -- A quick history of cops in America -- The 1960s: from root causes to brute force -- The 1970s: pinch and retreat -- The 1980s: us and them -- The 1990s: it's all about the numbers -- The 2000s: a whole new war -- Reform.Relates the history of American police forces from the constables and sheriffs of the past to the modern-day SWAT teams and riot squads that blur the line between police officers and soldiers.
Subjects: Police; Police; Police.;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 6
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Peace officer [videorecording] / by Anderson, Micah,composer (expression); Barber, Brad,film director,film producer.; Christopherson, Scott,film director,film producer.; Lawrence, Dave(Producer),film producer.; Lawrence, William "Dub",commentator.; FilmRise (Firm),publisher.; Gravitas Ventures (Firm),contributor.(CARDINAL)340634; Submarine Entertainment (Firm),presenter.;
Bonus features: An old friend -- Losing integrity -- Master Kim -- Trailer.Original music, Micah Dahl Anderson.Commentator, William "Dub" Lawrence."Peace officer" is a feature documentary about the increasingly militarized state of American police as told through the story of William "Dub" Lawrence, a former sheriff who established and trained his rural state's first SWAT team only to see that same unit kill his son-in-law in a controversial standoff 30 years later. Driven by an obsessed sense of mission, Dub uses his own investigative skills to uncover the truth in this and other recent officer involved shootings in his community while tackling larger questions about the changing face of peace officers nationwide.DVD-R (might not be compatible with all players); NTSC; widescreen presentation; 5.1 surround, 2.0 stereoHotdocs 2015, official selection; Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2015, Kathleen Bryan Edwards Award for Human Rights; SXSW Film Festival 2015, Grand Jury Award, Documentary Feature
Subjects: Documentary films.; Feature films.; Nonfiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Lawrence, William "Dub."; Militarization of police; Militarization of police; Police shootings; Police shootings; Police;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Badges without borders : how global counterinsurgency transformed American policing / by Schrader, Stuart,1978-author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-361) and index.Rethinking race and policing in imperial perspective -- Byron Engle and the rise of overseas police assistance -- How counterinsurgency became policing -- Bringing police assistance home -- Policing and social regulation -- Riot school -- The imperial circuit of tear gas -- Order maintenance and the genealogy of SWAT -- "The discriminate art of indiscriminate counter-revolution.""Badges Without Borders: How Global Counterinsurgency Transformed American Policing explains how the Cold War U.S. effort to professionalize police in other countries reverberated domestically, leading to the rise of the carceral state. The book traces the history of the Office of Public Safety, the U.S. government's overseas police assistance arm tasked with countering communist insurgency in over 50 countries, and illustrates how it called upon the leading U.S. policing experts. It shows that the Office of Public Safety was a key instrument of Cold War U.S. empire, a configuration of geopolitical power that tried to escape the history of racism within the United States but remained captive to it. In following the cross-border exchanges and circulations of policing experts, Badges Without Borders reveals a hidden dimension of U.S. global power and illustrates the bureaucratic battles that empowered police to wage the Cold War in Third World countries. In turn, this group of policing experts shaped state responses to political unrest and Black freedom struggles at home, instituting more aggressive forms of racialized social control. The book reveals how central overseas projections of U.S. power were to policing tactics and technologies that shape life on American streets today"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: United States. Agency for International Development. Office of Public Safety; Counterinsurgency; Racial profiling in law enforcement; Social control; Militarization of police;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Policing and race : the debate over excessive use of force / by Gallagher, Jim,1969-author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 65-69) and index.Introduction: Discriminatory policing -- When police officers use force -- The militarization of police -- Filming the police -- Holding police accountable -- Defunding the police."There is a long and ugly history of violent encounters between law enforcement officers and Americans of color, particularly Black Americans. About 1,000 Americans are killed each year by law-enforcement officers, and numerous studies have found a link between race and police killings"--Ages 14-18
Subjects: Instructional and educational works.; Discrimination in criminal justice administration; Discrimination in criminal justice administration; Discrimination in law enforcement; Discrimination in law enforcement; Police brutality; Police brutality; Police-community relations; Police-community relations; Racism; Racism; Racism.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Bomb rush cyberfunk [video game] / by Team Reptile,software developer,publisher.;
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk is one second per second of advanced funkstyle. Battle rival crews and dispatch militarized police to conquer the five boroughs of New Amsterdam. Become All City.ESRB content rating: E-T, Everyone to teen (blood, violence, suggestive themes, language).System requirements: Nintendo Switch game system.
Subjects: Nintendo Switch video games.; Video games.; Action adventure video games.; Sports video games.; Graffiti artists; Disc jockeys; Street art; Skateboarding; Gangs; Vandalism; Police;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The white storm : how racism poisoned American democracy / by Gelin, Martin,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-377).We Are the Country that Loves Nostalgia but Hates History -- Winter at Monticello : Jefferson's Slaves and America's Original Sins -- The Propaganda of History : Blood and Soil in the American South -- The Raw Wind of the New World : Myths of the Infinite Frontier -- American Apartheid : Baldwin, Buckley, and the Fracturing of American Politics -- Zero Tolerance : The Militarization of American Police -- White Flight : Segregation and the Rise of Custodial Democracy -- The Memory Laws : What Republicans Learned from Hungary's War on History -- This is America : The Storming of the Capitol and the Attack on Pluralist Democracy -- The Regime of Tolerance : California and the Dream of a Different America -- The Noise of Time : America's War with Itself."The White Storm reveals how racism has permeated almost every significant conflict in America's past. Now it threatens American democracy itself"--
Subjects: Racism; Racism;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 5
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To protect and serve : how to fix America's police / by Stamper, Norm,author.(CARDINAL)475939;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-297) and index.From Ferguson to New York -- Doomed from the start -- Save money, save lives: end the drug war -- Cops and mental illness -- A scared cop is a dangerous cop -- The rise of police militarism -- Tools of the trade: use and abuse -- The talk -- We're the cops and you're not -- Flex your rights -- Policing the police -- The community as DMZ -- Compassionate cops -- Activists and cops: partnering to control protests -- Community policing? -- Strength in numbers -- Fixing America's police: more big government, please!"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"--
Subjects: Police; Law enforcement; Police misconduct; Community policing; Police.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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Population control : how corporate owners are killing us / by Marrs, Jim,1943-2017.;
"Bad Food Bad Water Bad Drugs Bad Air What if these are all part of a global plot? From the food we eat and the water we drink to the air we breathe, everything these days seems capable of killing us. Recently we have seen an unprecedented number of deaths due to medications for diseases that may not even exist, obscure cancers caused by our modern devices, and brutal police tactics. All a coincidence? Think again. In Population Control, acclaimed journalist Jim Marrs lays out a stunning case for his most audacious conspiracy yet: the scheme concocted by a handful of global elites to reduce the world's population to 500 million by whatever means necessary and make a profit from it.Marrs, the bestselling author of Rule by Secrecy and The Trillion-Dollar Conspiracy, pulls no punches in exposing this evil and chillingly effective plan. He explains how a small group of tremendously wealthy and powerful people controls virtually every important industry--guns, oil, pharmaceuticals, food, and of course the media--and how it uses this vast network of conglomerates to take actions that lead to the deaths of men and women all over the world.Marrs answers tough questions the corporate-controlled media wouldn't even dream of asking: Could the CDC be secretly behind the recent Ebola outbreak that gripped the world? Who is responsible for the explosion in prescriptions for potentially deadly medications, and who profits? Why are local American police officers being sent to Israel for training in counterterrorism methods? Why might water be the deadliest weapon of the twenty-first century? In the explosive Population Control, Marrs lays bare the damning truths corporate owners don't want you to discover: how they've spied on private citizens, intentionally spread disease, and destroyed the planet chasing profits, all to improve the lives of a privileged few while eliminating everyone else. Finally, he offers a citizen's blueprint for fighting back"--"Jim Marrs explores the conspiracies to undo America's values through the lens of guns, oil, and drugs - and offers prescriptive solutions to fix our nation"--
Subjects: Elite (Social sciences); Corporate power; Power (Social sciences); Conspiracy theories;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Police brutality / by Ruth, Michael(Book editor),editor.(CARDINAL)411778;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Police brutality; Discrimination in law enforcement; Police; Police-community relations; Police.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Police brutality / by Fitzgerald, Sheila.(CARDINAL)732001;
MARCIVE 12/19/07Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-176) and index.Is misconduct in law enforcement a serious problem? Police brutality is widespread / U.S. Commission on Civil Rights -- The extent of police brutality is exaggerated / Russell G. Redenbaugh -- Antiterrorism policies result in police abuse of dissenters / Heidi Boghosian -- The War on Terror has led to more use of excessive force / Llewellyn H. Rockwell. What factors cause police brutality? Racism is a factor in police violence / Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua -- The police are not racist / Heather Mac Donald -- The militarization of law enforcement causes police brutality / Donald E. Wilkes Jr. -- Ineffective handling of the mentally ill causes police brutality / Adelle Waldman. Does the War on Terror invite law-enforcement abuses? Delayed-notice searches invite police abuses / Donald E. Wilkes Jr. -- Delayed-notice searches are needed to thwart terrorism / Chuck Rosenberg -- Police shoot-to-kill policies invite abuse of force / Tim Hames -- Police shoot-to-kill policies are necessary to stop suicide bombers / Emanuele Ottolenghi. How can police misconduct be reduced? Racial profiling should be eliminated / Nelson Lund -- Racial profiling does not contribute to police misconduct / Heather Mac Donald -- The use of tasers should be suspended / Amnesty International -- Tasers prevent excessive force / Rick Smith -- Community policing reduces police brutality / Edward A. Flynn -- Video monitoring reduces police brutality / Dominique Wisler.
Subjects: Young adult literature.; Young adult literature.; Police brutality.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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