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Blue Bias: An Ex-Cop Turned Philosopher Examines the Learning and Resolve Necessary to End Hidden Prejudice in Policing
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About Blue Bias: An Ex-Cop Turned Philosopher Examines
Product Description Imagine a future where police officers are respected and trusted by all communities, where officers fulfill the calling to protect and serve, and where the people they serve feel safer with the police around. Keys to improving law enforcement: Applying neuroscience to policing--reducing the excessive use of force--breaking the code of hidden bias. Blue Bias examines how to dramatically reduce the use of excessive force, prevent officer burnout, rethink fight or flight and improve law enforcement one officer at a time. Award-winning author Charles D. Hayes, long-time proponent of self-education, returns with another heavily researched book on education, this time on the importance of education about how and why we form unconscious biases, and why that should matter to police officers. In Blue Bias, you will learn the answers to questions like: What is an unconscious bias? What's happening in the brain when we form biases? Why do these biases affect how we live our lives? What are the consequences of ignoring implicit biases? Are biases and racism present in the American police force today? What does the science of bias bring to police work? Why can ignoring officer stress be lethal? What happens to officers who experience long-term stress? Will education really make a difference in policing? Inspire long-lasting positive improvement in policing. Drawing on decades of research, Hayes introduces his readers to their own brains and the sentinel awareness of their limbic systems. He covers the effects of prolonged stress and heightened adrenaline on the emotional centers of the mind, as well as the roots of the unknown biases that lurk in the subconscious. He encourages self-awareness and a caliber of mindfulness to help police officers act thoughtfully with discretion in intense situations. Blue Bias pulls no punches: you may find some of it difficult to read, but it is filled with the kind of information that is critical for understanding the difficulty police officers face today when they are not armed with the knowledge necessary to understand that what we are asking them to do is often at odds with their biological predilections. No book on police work in America today would be complete without acknowledging the topic of systemic racism, especially the way this can affect potential biases officers may experience in that area. Blue Bias examines both the history of human bias and the current state of racism in America, and then provides useful ways to detect and reduce your own biases. For decades, Charles D. Hayes has been one of America's most passionate advocates for rigorous lifelong learning. Applying his early experience as a Dallas police officer with a half century of reflection, while intensively studying behavioral science, he has identified the learning necessary to end the hidden prejudice, commonly called implicit bias, that is still prevalent, especially in many economically poor communities. In today's climate, Blue Bias is a desperately needed work: It calls on police officers to learn about the behavioral sciences beyond their training requirements in order to fulfill their oaths and to protect and preserve their own mental and physical health. Blue Bias is the book every police chief should hope his or her officers will read, especially those who want to be chiefs someday. From the Author Blue Bias is a book for police candidates, seasoned officers, police supervisors, citizens who seek a truly just society, journalists who want to understand the psychology and temperament of peace officers, and people who simply want to better understand the concept of criminal justice beyond what can be learned by watching police dramas. Consider the following: Another day, another video of a fatal police shooting hits the internet. Outrage, grief, fear, charges of racism and police brutality follow...and the officer in question may or may not face indictment. But in the end, ve
