Thought provoking but also maddening - why aren’t more doing this? Sometimes reading about success is hard when you see so many around you not taking steps necessary to do better

Thank you to the author and publisher for the advance reader copy - this has not influenced my review.

Summary: This book follows three police departments after their police chiefs make a big decision: to replace aggressive policing practices with something better. By adopting models that focused on preservation of life, equity in the eyes of the law, social responsibility, and racial reconciliation, these police departments are trying to change the culture around their police departments. This book provides an insight into this process by following the chiefs, detectives, and officers of these departments.

Review: For transparency's sake, I am a Ph.D. student with a focus in Criminal Justice Policy. Because of this, I was really, really interested in this book, while also preparing myself to be potentially let down. That was not the case at all. This book provided an honest, raw, heartbreaking, and uplifting insight into these three police departments. Anyone interested in the future of policing should read this book.