Small Victories

Résumé du livre

America is engaged in a generational debate about the role of law enforcement in society. Race relations, police killing civilians, police being killed in the line of duty and gun politics all shape that debate. Lost are the success stories of individual officers finding creative solutions to the challenges that plague their community.In "Small Victories," Nick Selby follows officers and city officials who stood up against violence, robberies, sexual assault, domestic violence and other crimes. They found resources where none were available and gained approval within impossible bureaucracies. They took on the problems that drive crime like inadequate mental health services, substance abuse and access to illegal firearms. And the only people who noticed their success were the people whose lives were better as a result."Small Victories" injects those important success stories into the national debate about the relationship between civilians and the police sworn to protect them.