Please note: this episode contains references to violence.

What would you find after riding along with police officers and interviewing them for four years? How much of the 'war on cops' is true or just rhetoric? What are the unintended consequences of orienting an institution around the idea that they are always in danger when they're on the job?

Niha and Vishala find the answers to these questions with Dr. Sierra-Arévalo, whose new book, the Danger Imperative, explores these very questions. Dr. Sierra-Arévalo also describes the shift in policing after George Floyd and alternative methods to public safety and reducing violence.

You can find The Danger Imperative here:

https://www.sierraarevalo.com/dangerimperative

https://www.amazon.com/Danger-Imperative-Violence-Death-Policing/dp/0231198477