Walking With the Devil: The Police Code of Silence: What Bad Cops Don't Want You to Know and Good Cops Won't Tell You - Hardcover

Quinn, Michael W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0975912526 ISBN 13: 9780975912522

Publisher: Quinn & Associates, 2011

Synopsis

As Peace Officers we willingly lay our lives on the line for each other and the public we serve. Yet, we walk away or turn our heads when we see another officer doing something that could end their career, their marriage, or their freedom. Because we don t rat on another peace officer. AS OFFICERS we have taken an oath to protect and serve the public and each other. Yet, the number of officers that commit suicide is much greater than the number of officers killed by felons. Some of those suicides are the result of being under investigation for crimes or unethical behavior. Behavior that other cops were aware of and never reported, and did nothing to stop, because we don t rat on other cops. AS DEPUTIES, we have sworn to protect those in our custody. Yet some of us will go to prison every year because of acts that could have, and should have, been stopped by other deputies because we don t rat on other deputies. AS TROOPERS, we have sworn to protect and serve by keeping our highways safe. Yet some of us will die in traffic accidents because we drive too fast for all the wrong reasons and some of us will be stopped, but not arrested, for drunk driving because we don t rat on other troopers. AS SPECIAL AGENTS, we have sworn to uphold the constitution. Yet some of us will go to prison this year because we did nothing when we saw other agents involved in criminal or unethical behavior because we don t rat on other agents. AS GUARDS, we protect each other against men and women convicted of the most heinous crimes. But we will ignore unethical or even criminal conduct of other guards. Because we don t rat on other guards. There is a code of silence in the criminal justice system that infects all levels, and the cost in lives destroyed or lost is enormous. It is not an infection we can cure, but it is an infection we can fight, by making a commitment to protect each other against ourselves as well as others.

About this title

About the Author

Michael W. Quinn is a retired Minneapolis Police Sergeant and sole proprietor of Booksbyquinn, also doing business as Quinn and Associates, Publishing and Consulting. He is an active member of the Hibbing Community College Law Enforcement Advisory Board, adjunct faculty at Fond du Lac Community college, Community faculty at Metropolitan State University, the editorial board of the Law Enforcement Journal, and a member of the International Association of Police Ethics Trainers. He is proud to be called husband, father, and grandfather.

Review

Michael Quinn writes a courageously truthful book on police ethics in Walking With the Devil From a practitioner perspective, his book examines his experience during his career with the Minneapolis Police Department. As we enter the 21st Century, the book should be a Rosetta Stone for practitioners in Policing a Free Society whether from Baghdad to Bloomington. The book is an excellent resource for academia and instructors in the field of criminal justice. --Michael F. Gorham, Deputy Sheriff, Wisconsin DOJ Training and Standards

Quinn challenges ethical officers with a simple, practical strategy for confronting an unethical environment. Walking With the Devil instills a sense of hope for cracking the blue code of silence. I recently referenced Quinn s concepts as I taught police ethics to the command staff of a police agency in a developing country. Without a doubt, Quinn s message is universal. A powerful read for those who believe in the ethical obligations of the police. --Chief Frank Kaminski (ret), Evanston, Illinois Police

Michael W Quinn's new book, Walking With the Devil: The Police Code of Silence, is a must read for every ethical person involved in the legal system. Quinn writes in vivid street cop language, compelling police recruits',and our, attention with gritty adrenaline laced descriptions of the life and death, 'slippery with blood and sweat' survival-mode situations in which gut instincts, 'amygdala hijackings, propel even the most ethical cops into difficult battles with the code of silence... --Clara Niiska, Guest reviewer, National Lawyers Guild

Edition details

• Publisher: Quinn & Associates
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0975912526
• ISBN 13: 9780975912522
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 277