Strong comments here by Thomas Nolan, retired Boston police commander, on changes in policing in the homeland security era, including the growth of militarization, a retreat from community policing, and the public’s apparent willingness to tolerate slippage in constitutional safeguards.
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Modern Policing 
November 15, 2014 at 12:23 pm |
Although I’ve never spoken with Tom Nolan, I have had several email exchanges with him. He’s essentially Radley Balko with an education. Nolan may have been a cop at one time, but he lies far outside mainstream thought in both policing and academia. For example, he argued against providing his former colleagues in Boston with patrol rifles. He was also a consultant on the recent ACLU report on police militarization.
November 16, 2014 at 2:09 pm |
Where is his comment regarding white collar, corporate crime and illegal spying on American citizens since 9/11?