An inconvenient cop : my fight to change policing in America /

An inconvenient cop : my fight to change policing in America /

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Author / Creator:	Raymond, Edwin, 1986- author.
Imprint:	[New York, New York] : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2023]
Description:	xviii, 334 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Raymond, Edwin, -- 1986- New York (N.Y.). -- Police Department -- Officials and employees -- Biography. Police -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography. Whistle blowers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography. Police misconduct -- New York (State) -- New York. Police -- United States. Autobiographies.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13293609

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Other authors / contributors:	Sternfeld, Jon, author.
ISBN:	9780593653166 0593653165 9780593653173
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:	"From the highest-ranking whistleblower in the history of the NYPD, a political memoir that exposes the brokenness of policing from both outside and inside the system During the workday, Edwin Raymond is on the beat as a ranked lieutenant in the New York Police Department. When the uniform comes off, he takes on a very different role: the lead plaintiff in the largest-ever civil rights lawsuit against the very police force he serves. This is the true story of one of our country's most important whistleblowers against police injustice, told in his own words. Raised in a poverty-stricken, largely immigrant neighborhood in Brooklyn and driven toward law enforcement by the hope of being a positive influence in his community, Raymond quickly learned that the problem with policing is a lot deeper than merely "a few bad apples"--the entire mechanism is set up to ensure that racial profiling is rewarded, and there are weighty consequences for cops who don't play along. Offering a rare, often shocking view of American policing through the eyes of an insider to the system, Raymond pulls back the curtain on the many injustices woven into the NYPD's training, data, and practices--all of which have been repackaged and repurposed by police departments across America. At once revelatory and galvanizing, An Inconvenient Cop is a whistleblower account unlike any other--a book that courageously bears witness to and exposes institutional violence, all while presenting a vision of radical hope, making the case for a world in which the police's responsibility is to the people, not to their arrest numbers" --
Other form:	Online version: Raymond, Edwin, 1986- Inconvenient cop New York : Viking, [2023] 9780593653173

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Summary:	FINALIST FOR THE DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE<br> A WASHINGTON POST BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF 2023<br> A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF 2023<br> <br> "With illuminating, vivid, and meticulous prose, Edwin Raymond delivers an extraordinary exposé on policing in America . . . An essential, exceptional work."<br> --Toluse Olorunnipa, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of His Name Is George Floyd <br> <br> From the highest-ranking whistleblower in NYPD history, a gripping insider look at the complexities of modern policing and the urgent need for reform <br> <br> Over his decade and a half with the New York Police Department, Edwin Raymond consistently exposed the dark underbelly of modern policing, becoming the highest-ranking whistleblower in the history of the force and one of the country's leading voices against police injustice. Offering a rare, often shocking view of American policing, An Inconvenient Cop pulls back the curtain on the many flaws woven into the NYPD's training, data, and practices, which have since been repackaged and repurposed by police departments across the country.<br> <br> Gravitating toward law enforcement in the hope of being a positive influence in his community, Raymond quickly learned that the problem with policing is a lot deeper than merely "a few bad apples"--the entire mechanism is set up to ensure that racial profiling is rewarded, and there are weighty consequences for cops who don't play along. Struggling with the moral dilemma of policing impartially while witnessing his fellow officers go with the flow, Raymond's journey takes him to the precipice of personal and professional ruin. Yet, through it all, he remains steadfast in his commitment to justice and his belief in the potential for change.<br> <br> At once revelatory and galvanizing, An Inconvenient Cop courageously bears witness to and exposes institutional violence. It presents a vision of radical hope and makes the case for a world in which the police's responsibility is not to arrest numbers but to the people.
Physical Description:	xviii, 334 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9780593653166 0593653165 9780593653173