Balko, Radley

Argues that over the last several decades American police officers have increasingly become more like military ground troops.

In Rise of the Warrior Cop, Balko shows how politicians? ill-considered policies and relentless declarations of war against vague enemies like crime, drugs, and terror have blurred the distinction between cop and soldier. His fascinating, frightening narrative shows how over a generation, a creeping battlefield mentality has isolated and alienated American police officers and put them on a collision course with the values of a free society.