Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces Radley Balko
Publisher: PublicAffairs

Jul 1, 2013 - Civil liberties activists say our nation's police forces have become too militaristic—like this SWAT team participating in a drill in October–and are deployed even in nonviolent situations. Aug 1, 2013 - The author and investigative reporter Radley Balko traces this shift in his book Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces. Jul 11, 2013 - Between about the early 1980s and today, American police forces have undergone some substantial changes. In Rise of the Warrior Cop, Radley Balko takes a look at the current state of policing in these United States and asks "how did we get here?". Jul 23, 2013 - His new book is “Rise Of The Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces” (Public Affairs, 2013). Why is NO ONE talking about this?:. I recently read Balko's book, “Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces,” after spending some time in a firearms class. Shoot people's pets when making a raid, and people are becoming fed up. In his new book, Rise of the Warrior Cop, journalist Radley Balko points out that this militarization of police departments had taken hold several decades before 9/11. Mar 21, 2014 - But civil libertarians such as Radley Balko, the author of "Rise of the Warrior Cop", fret that the American police are becoming too much like soldiers. Aug 25, 2013 - Radley is the senior writer and investigative reporter for the Huffington Post, and author of the brand-new best-selling book Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces. SOURCE: http://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-1308.html Book Review: "Rise of the Warrior Cop" "Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces," by Radley Balko, PublicAffairs, 2013, 400 pages. Most notable among these is the ascent of the SWAT team. Jun 6, 2013 - It's a bold and provocative question, and the more Balko (Overkill) delves into the history of law enforcement, the more that question seems worth considering. The author and investigative reporter Radley Balko traces this shift in his book Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces. Aug 19, 2013 - Book review: Rise of the Warrior Cop - The militarization of America's police forces. Nov 18, 2013 - I am reading Radley Balko's The Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces (PublicAffairs, 2013). Http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/77/510036/204902926/KERA_204902926.mp3. Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces --Radley. Feb 15, 2013 - We speak to former Seattle police chief Norm Stamper and Radley Balko, author of the forthcoming book, “Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces.” ~~~. May 2, 2014 - I picked up Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces because the book looked interesting and I was shocked at what happened in Boston during the search for the two bombers.