Managing Policy and Reform in an Era of American Police Conflict: Who Will Guard the Guardians?

This book investigates and exposes the complex challenges facing law enforcement leaders and government officials with police reform, policies and standards, police accreditation, and police legitimacy in the eyes of the community.

Author: Jack St Hilaire
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 08/11/2023
Pages: 172
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781032327792

About the Author

Jack St. Hilaire is a researcher, retired police officer, and United States Air Force veteran. He received a Master's Degree in Criminal Justice in 2005 and a Ph.D. in Sociology in 2018 from Boston University. Dr. St. Hilaire was a police officer in New Hampshire, Florida, and Massachusetts for 32 years in various roles, assignments, and positions. While at the Boston University Police Department, he supervised community policing, media relations, and policy development. He graduated from the GDBA Threat Assessment Academy at UCLA and conducted high-profile threat assessments for the university. He was also a certified on-site accreditation assessor of police agencies in Massachusetts, and during his tenure as the Accreditation Manager, the Boston University Police Department achieved both state police accreditation with MPAC and CALEA's advanced national police accreditation.