How Police Academies Foster a Culture of Police Violence w/Sam Simon

Aug 13

Today, Hunter is joined by professor Samantha Simon, an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Arizona. This episode is a deep dive into Professor Simon’s book, Before the Badge: How the Academy Training Shapes Police Violence. In it, Professor Simon embed herself into various police academy training programs to try and understand how police academies select, train, and prepare the next generation of police officers. Through her work, we gain an excellent insight into the challenges with changing the culture of violence that is so prevalent in American policing.

Guests: Samantha Simon PhD, Professor of Sociology, University of Arizona

Resources:

Professor Simon’s Faculty Page

https://sociology.arizona.edu/person/samantha-simon

Pick up a Copy of Before the Badge

https://nyupress.org/9781479813278/before-the-badge/

Coverage of SrA Roger Fortson

https://weartv.com/news/local/okaloosa-county-community-rallies-for-justice-at-town-hall-after-sra-fortsons-shooting

https://weartv.com/news/local/hurlburt-field-airman-identified-as-man-shot-dead-in-officer-involved-shooting#

https://weartv.com/news/local/okaloosa-county-sheriffs-office-fires-deputy-involved-in-fatal-air-force-airman-shooting#

Contact Hunter Parnell:

Publicdefenseless@gmail.com