EPISODE · Mar 23, 2023 · 22 MIN
A Former Cop Argues Police Reform Is Possible
from Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast · host WNYC Studios
During the midterms, crime rates and public safety were a hot-button issue, even as discourse around police reform and anti-Black violence continues. On Today's Show: Neil Gross, sociology professor at Colby College in Maine, former police officer, and author of Walk the Walk: How Three Police Chiefs Defied the Odds and Changed Cop Culture (Metropolitan Books, 2023), argues police culture can become more humane and effective using the examples of three departments whose chiefs made it happen—in Stockton, California; Longmont, Colorado; and LaGrange, Georgia. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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During the midterms, crime rates and public safety were a hot-button issue, even as discourse around police reform and anti-Black violence continues.
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