Steven J. Contreras spent 27 years as an LAPD officer and nearly two decades as an investigator for the LA County Public Defender’s Office. Uniquely positioned to see both sides of community activism and defiance, as well as the challenges involved in effective policing, he shares his insightful solutions for addressing the issues of today’s world in this powerful debut work, The Evolution of Policing.
I collaborated with Steven on this book this year to bring his vision to the forefront of the discussion on how police must evolve to address emerging threats from within communities and within the profession. After all, policing in the United States has reached a crisis point. The proliferation of body cameras and amateur video captures of police confrontations, a new era of domestic terrorism, and the challenges of policing an increasingly diverse population have all played a part in moving the crisis forward.
This book examines the crisis from both the perspective of the police and the diverse communities they serve, including: why police departments are failing to serve their communities; what can be done to stop the violence in the aftermath of a crisis like a police use of force incident; and how law enforcement must evolve to address the changing needs of troubled communities today.
It is available on this website and on Amazon.com.
I collaborated with Steven on this book this year to bring his vision to the forefront of the discussion on how police must evolve to address emerging threats from within communities and within the profession. After all, policing in the United States has reached a crisis point. The proliferation of body cameras and amateur video captures of police confrontations, a new era of domestic terrorism, and the challenges of policing an increasingly diverse population have all played a part in moving the crisis forward.
This book examines the crisis from both the perspective of the police and the diverse communities they serve, including: why police departments are failing to serve their communities; what can be done to stop the violence in the aftermath of a crisis like a police use of force incident; and how law enforcement must evolve to address the changing needs of troubled communities today.
It is available on this website and on Amazon.com.
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