Police Craft

What Cops Know About Crime, Community and Violence

De: Adam Plantinga

Narrado por: Steve Marvel

A veteran police officer gives his thoughtful, balanced views on police shootings, racial profiling, community relations, and every other aspect of policing - and he'll change what you think about the police.

From the author of the acclaimed 400 Things Cops Know, Police Craft is a thought-provoking and revelatory examination of policing in America, as seen by a working police officer. Adam Plantinga, a 17-year veteran sergeant with the San Francisco Police Department, gives an inside view of the police officer's job, from handling evidence and conducting interrogations to coping with danger, violence, and death. Not hesitating to confront controversial issues, Plantinga presents the police officer's views on police shootings, racial profiling, and relationships between police and the community - and offers reasoned proposals on what the police and the public can do better.

Hard-boiled, humorous, and compassionate, Plantinga wrestles with the complexities and contradictions of a job he loves in which he witnesses so much suffering. Transcending today's strident pro-cop/anti-cop rhetoric, Police Craft will give every listener a greater respect for the police and greater understanding of the job they do.

©2018 Adam Plantinga (P)2019 Tantor

Definitely keeps you thinking!

I really enjoyed this book, it did a great job of depicting a police officers entire career in a ferry digestible, but riveting way!

Good book, bad performance

The performance was boring to be quite honest. My mind kept drifting away and I would have to rewind parts again and again

Great listen

Great insight with a sense of humor. I would recommend this audio book to everyone, including LEO’s and first responders. Great book.

Great sequel to his 400 things cops know book

Great content and hilarious sarcasm. Only issue I had with it was the narrator was very robotic sounding, so the sarcasm wasn't delivered with the same hilarity. Still worth listening to, I just wish the same narrator from the first book 400 things cops know did this one, too.

Good LE Advice

The book itself is great and a must read if you’re either in law enforcement or considering beginning a career in it.

The narration is average. Not exactly R.C. Bray, but he gets the job done.

Would I recommend it? Yes!