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.
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Michael W. Quinn’s new book, Walking With the Devil: The Police Code of Silence, is a must-read for every ethical person involved with the legal system. Quinn writes in vivid street-cop language, compelling police recuits’―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, the implicit rule that a cop never ‘snitches’ on another cop. When he has our attention, he leads us through the “terrible internal struggles” of honesty and ethics. Quinn is bluntly honest about “cop culture” and institutional pressures toward corruption, including “creative report writing” and “testilying.” Quinn guides his readers into a gut-level understanding of real-life ethics. He addresses the criminally-serious problems detailed in his book, describing outstanding successes of two police units he supervised, “that refused to use the Code,” and debunks the ‘top ten’ “Myths of Policing.” The Police Code of Silence is a profoundly power- ful text book. When studied with the dedicated seriousness of a police recruit at the Academy, Michael Quinn’s teaching builds and strengthens ethics beyond abstract intellectual knowledge, into the very fibers of one’s being. Even in those of us who believe ourselves to deeply ethical, Quinn’s book can awaken and nurture a deeper understanding of ethics as a vital part of life in every moment. (Clara NiiSka - Guest Reviewer National Lawyers Guild)
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280 points • supedforsanders
https://www.amazon.com/Walking-Devil-Police-Code-Silence/dp/0975912534
94 points • DimitriElephant
Here’s the book if anyone is curious: https://www.amazon.com/Walking-Devil-Police-Code-Silence/dp/0975912534
39 points • urban_mystic_hippie
And put in all the reviews, etc? And resellers? https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0975912534/ref=dp_olp_all_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=all
Listen, I get that there's a lot of bullshit on reddit, and it's good to be skeptical (that's why I looked) but a few minutes digging around quickly dispels or confirms 90% of it. This seems legit to me, and I only checked amazon. I have no relationship with any of these people, beyond being a person who lives in the TC. I'm all for getting the word out on this, and OP should contact the local media for starters.
I mean, this would be a lot of effort to go through to attempt to discredit someone who we already know is a total piece of shit. That in itself doesn't make any sense. Keep being a skeptic, but remember not everyone here is acting in bad faith.
29 points • Nav_the_gamer
https://www.amazon.com/Walking-Devil-Police-Code-Silence/dp/0975912534/ref=nodl_
6 points • Martissimus
I don't know what you mean by that, but here is the book on amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Walking-Devil-Police-Code-Silence/dp/0975912534
3 points • martini-meow
Seems to be for hardcopu, but Amazon offers the kindle version:
https://www.amazon.com/Walking-Devil-Police-Code-Silence/dp/0975912534
6 points • MoreNormalThanNormal
Guest Request: Former Minneapolis Police sergeant Mike Quinn, who wrote a book about the racism and corruption in the MPD. It's titled: Walking With the Devil: The Police Code of Silence - The Promise of Peer Intervention: What Bad Cops Don't Want You to Know and Good Cops Won't Tell You. It was published in 2014, and the police union hates him for it.
Amazon bio: Mike Quinn is a retired Minneapolis Police sergeant. From 1975 to 1999 he served in both uniform and plain clothes in a number of assignments including internal affairs investigator, supervising uniformed precinct officers, and supervising high profile, highly decorated undercover operations. He supervised the Minneapolis Police Academy from 1994-1999 where he was responsible for ensuring that the training complied with all state and federal laws as well as department policy. He was the Deputy Director of Minnesota Police Corps Program where he was responsible for the development and implementation of a 22-week residential academy for police officers and state patrol troopers. He is a community faculty member of Metropolitan State University where he co-teaches a course in “Best Practices in Law Enforcement Ethics and Leadership” He is the Chairman of the Inver Hills Community College Law Enforcement Advisory Board.
Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/Walking-Devil-Police-Code-Silence/dp/0975912534
Found out about him from this post in /r/Minnesota https://www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/comments/gz60zq/this_needs_to_be_seen_by_more_people/
I can't make this a Guest Request post because he doesn't have a wikipedia page, so this will probably be buried and never seen.
2 points • mojocookie
https://www.amazon.com/Walking-Devil-Police-Code-Silence/dp/0975912534
Working link.
1 points • sawmyoldgirlfriend
https://www.amazon.com/Walking-Devil-Police-Code-Silence/dp/0975912534
EDIT: Fixed broken link
1 points • wellwhatnot
Read "Walking with the Devil" by Michael Quinn. It's a serious insider look at the kind of culture you would be up against.
It is expensive, but you can get it from the library.
https://www.amazon.com/Walking-Devil-Police-Code-Silence/dp/0975912534
Personally I think you would do more good in another profession.