15 Quotes by Norm Stamper

These demonstrators, particularly those who were bent on violence and destruction, made it difficult for us, ... It was a calculated strategy of major, active and threatening disturbances.

They have also not been shy about chucking rocks and bottles at our police officers,

None of our officers has encountered this individual, or even seen him,

In New York City, twenty-three African-American cops have been shot and eighteen others assaulted by white officers in cases of “mistaken identity.” Not one white cop has ever been shot by a black cop. The PBA, while bemoaning these “tragic incidents,” has done nothing to help remedy the problem.

I will focus on how the institution is organized, and how that structure – anachronistic, paramilitary, rigidly bureaucratic – produces a workplace culture that serves as a breeding ground for racism, corruption, sexual predation, brutality, unjustified lethal force, and excessive militarism.

Another key feature? Thanks to the commitment and common sense of Dr. Randy Dupont, clinical director of emergency psychiatric services at the University of Tennessee Medical Center and a founding member of the Memphis CIT, if the cops brought someone to the center for an assessment, they were not turned away with some bureaucratic excuse.