Behind Her Badge
A Woman’s Journey into and out of Law Enforcement
Zusammenfassung
I’ve been called a “badass cop” throughout my career but the truth is that isn’t the real me – at least, not how I’ve ever viewed myself. Behind that veneer there has always been an insecure little girl who struggled to find her way in life. I was in search of strength and self-confidence when I entered my law enforcement career, but I ended up suffering new traumas that I was ill prepared to cope with.
I struggled to find success in the tough, gritty, male dominated world of policing. I faced biases, repeated layoffs, and became a seasoned undercover officer working as a prostitute, drug addict, and thief.
I left law enforcement and returned to college, where education and research offered me enlightenment to the realities of policing that I was too submerged into the subculture to see. I was forced to come to grips with the many mistakes and misconceptions I made while working as a police officer and only now do I understand how institutional biases are perpetuating many of the same mistakes I made in policing today.
Schlagworte
Prostitution Gender Bias Policing community policing COMSTAT undercover work women in law enforcement women in policing women police officers male dominated field realities of policing police transparency policing culture childhood abuse childhood poverty gender discrimination female cops female police officers law enforcement politics cops broken windows policing institutional bias deputyKeywords
drugs law enforcement suicide police training- 27–44 3 Being Duped 27–44
- 45–64 4 L.A.C.S.T.A.B. 45–64
- 65–88 5 A False Shield 65–88
- 135–146 9 The Urban Curse 135–146
- 169–180 11 Big Tina 169–180
- 181–198 12 Enlightenment 181–198
- 199–200 Notes 199–200
- 201–212 INDEX 201–212
- 213–214 About the Author 213–214