On this episode of Rockford Reading Daily we complete chapter 4 of Citizens, Cops, and Power by Steve Herbert.

In this episode of Rockford Reading we dive into chapter 4 of Citizens, Cops, and Power and begin by discussing the machismo mentality of policing.

After a week break we return back to finish chapter 3 of Citizens, Cops, and Power and continue discussing the legitimacy of policing.

As we continue through the third chapter of Citizens, , and Power we dissect the different forms of separation from the community the institution of policing engages in.

On this episode of Rockford Reading Daily we discuss police excessive force complaints, police reports, subservient relationships between law enforcement and communities and more.

On this episode of Rockford Reading Daily we continue reading Citizens, Cops, and Power.

In this episode we begin the third chapter of Citizens, Cops, and Power entitled Elusive Legitimacy. In this chapter we dissect how police departments interact with the communities that are supposed to “serve”.

In this episode of Rockford Reading Daily we finish the second chapter of Citizens, Cops, and Power and discuss take aways from the chapter as a whole.

This episode of Rockford Reading Daily has us continuing to speak of the impediments of building community in neighborhoods. Transience and fear are the two factors we take into consideration in these passages.

We begin chapter 2 of Citizens, Cops and Power and discuss the political status of community. We also dive into the concepts of heterogeneity and how that impacts community building in neighborhoods.