Norm Stamper, former chief of the Seattle Police force, has written a story like no other. Part-memoir, part polemic, Stamper exposes the unvarnished truth — both disturbing and inspiring — about policing in America today.

Breaking Rank
A Top Cop's Exposé
of the Dark Side of American Policing

Norm Stamper

2005 Events

May 2, 11:00 AM: The Seattle Weekly, Nina Shapiro Interview

May 27, 10:00 AM: "Real Change," Seattle, Newspaper Interview with Cydney Gillis

June 1, 7:00 AM: KGO Radio, San Francisco, News Interview

June 2, 7:00 AM: WARM Radio, York, PA, News Interview

June 2, 3:30 PM: KIRO Radio, "The Dave Ross Show"

June 6, 6:00 PM, Orcas Island, WA – Reading/signing (books available from Darvill’s Bookstore) at the Inn at Ship Bay, 326 Olga Road, Eastsound

June 7, 11:00 AM: Seattle, 12:00 PM: KEXP Radio

June 7, 12:30 PM: Seattle, KPLU Radio

June 8, 7:00 AM: KZIZ Radio, Seattle, "Community Potpourri with Barbara Laners"

June 8, 9:00 AM: KUOW Radio, Seattle, "Weekday with Steve Scher"

June 8, 11:00 AM: KOMO TV, Seattle, "KOMO 4 News at Eleven"

June 8, 12:00 PM: KING TV, Seattle, "KING 5 Noon News"

June 8, 4:00 PM: KCPQ TV, Seattle, "Fox Q13 News"

June 8, 5:00 PM: KING TV, Seattle, "KING 5 News at Five"

June 8, 5:15 PM: Northwest Cable News, Seattle, "NW Newsmakers"

June 8, 5:40 PM: San Diego City Beat Interview

June 9, 7:00 AM: The Buzz KQBZ Radio, Seattle, "The Robin and Maynard Show"

June 9, 9:00 AM: KMPS Radio, Seattle, "Introspect Northwest"

June 9, 4:00 PM: KOMO TV, Seattle, "First News at 4"

June 9, 7:30 PM, Seattle, WA – Reading/signing at Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Avenue (sponsored by Elliott Bay Book Company)

June 10, 3:00 PM: Evergreen Radio, Seattle, "Washington Talking Books & Braille Library"

June 10, 4:00 PM: Metro Networks Radio, Seattle, "Westwood One Radio"

June 10, 5:00 PM: Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Hector Castro Interview

June 11, 7:00 PM, Olympia, WA – Reading/signing at Orca Books, 509 East 4th Avenue

June 13, 7:30 PM, San Francisco, CA – Reading/signing at Modern Times Bookstore, 888 Valencia Street

June 13, 9:00 AM, Seattle: KZOK Radio

June 14, 7:30 AM: KPFA Radio, Berkeley, "Morning Show with Philip Maldari and Andrea Lewis"

June 14, 2:00 PM: KOGO Radio, San Diego, "KOGO News Radio 600"

June 14, 3:30 PM: KGO Radio, San Francisco, "The Pete Wilson Show"

June 15, 7:30 PM, Berkeley, CA – Reading/signing at Cody’s Bookstore, 2454 Telegraph Avenue

June 15, 8:00 AM: KLSD Radio, San Diego, "The Stacey Taylor Show"

June 15, 10:00 AM: KALW Radio, San Francisco, "Your Call With Laura Flanders" (Matt Martin)

June 15, 11:30 AM: KCNS TV, San Francisco, "Bay Area Week"

June 16, 8:00 AM: KVON Radio, Napa, "KVON's Morning Edition"

June 16, 7:00 PM, Long Beach, CA – Reading/signing at 2000+Books, 309 Pine Avenue

June 17, Noon, San Diego, CA – Speech to the City Club of San Diego, Holiday Inn on Harbor Drive (books available)

June 17, 11:30 AM: KMTT Radio, Seattle, "Mountain Morning Radio"

June 17, 1:45 PM: San Diego Reader Interview

June 18, 2:00 PM, Pasadena, CA – Reading/signing at Borders Books and Music, 475 S. Lake Avenue

June 18, 5:00 PM: Fox News TV, New York, "Fox News/From the Heartland"

June 20, 7:00 AM: XETV TV, San Diego, "Fox6"

June 20, 9:00 AM: KPBS Radio, San Diego, "These Days"

June 21, 7:30, San Diego, CA – Reading/signing at Barnes&Noble, 10775 Westview Parkway

June 21, 5:30 AM: NBC TV, San Diego "7/39 News in the Morning"

June 21, 7:00 AM: KUSI TV, San Diego, "KUSI Morning News"

June 21, 10:00 AM: KUSI TV, San Diego, "KUSI Morning Show"

June 21, 11:00 AM: KGTV TV, San Diego, "10 News Live at Eleven"

June 22, 10:00 AM: KPFK Radio, North Hollywood, "Uprising"

June 22, 1:30 PM: PBS TV, "The Tavis Smiley Show"

June 22, 7:00 PM: Los Angeles, L.A. Urban Public Policy Forum, Speech

June 23, 7:40 AM: WNYC Radio, New York, "The Brian Lehrer Show"

June 24, 7:30 PM, Portland, OR – Reading/signing at Powell’s Books, 1005 W. Burnside

June 24, 9:00 AM: KATU TV, Portland, OR, "AM Northwest"



June 24, 5:00 PM: KPFT Radio, Houston, "Cultural Baggage"

June 28, 7:00 AM: Sirius Satellite Radio, New York, "Alex Bennett Program"

June 30, 10:00 AM: Helen Schiller, Netherlands, "Volkstrant" News

July 1, 10:15 AM: WBAI Radio, New York, "Radio Nation"

July 11, 4:30 PM: SCAN TV, Seattle, ACLU's "Speaking of Freedom"

July 18, 10:00 AM: DRCNet, Vancouver, B.C., "Drug War Chronicle"

July 19, 6:00 AM: Louisiana, Portia Evans Show,

July 21, 7:00 PM: SCAN TV, Seattle "Public Exposure"

July 29, 6:00 PM: KMJK Radio, Kansas City, "Monica Nightingale's Community Affairs"

August 21, 8:00 AM: KISS Radio, New York, "Open Line"

August 27, 3:00 PM: CNN News

August 28, 8:00 AM and 5 PM: C-SPAN's BookTV

October 7, 8pm: Seattle, Social Justice Television — "The War on Drugs"

October 9, 10:00 AM: Temple Beth Am, Seattle — Panel: "The Drug War: An Alternative Approach"

October 10, 2:00 pm - Palm Beach, FL, WBZT Radio — "The Joe Falco Show"

October 18, 1:00PM "Money 101," KNX Los Angeles, with Bob McCormick

October 18: Interview with Gary Mason, Globe and Mail of Vancouver B.C.

October 19: 11:00 AM "Night Call," WRIF Detroit, with Peter Werbe

October 20: 7:00 PM "Al Rantel Show," KABC Los Angeles, with Al Rantel

October 24, 8:45 PM: “The O’Reilly Factor”

October 24, 11:00 PM, “The Situation,” Tucker Carlson

October 25, 7:00 PM. Brown University — Students for Sensible Drug Policy

October 27, 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM: Boston, Suffolk Law School — "Policing in America and the War on Drugs"

October 28, 11:00 AM — CNN’s “In the Money” with Jack Cafferty

November 2, 8:00 PM, Los Angeles — Don Bustany Show, KPFK Radio

November 3, 8:00 AM, St. Paul — Ron Rosenbaum and Mark O'Connell Show, KSTP Radio

November 4, 8:00 AM, Youngstown, Ohio — Louie Free Show, WASN Radio

November 7, 7:00 PM — San Diego State University, CJ Survey Course

November 8, 11:00 AM — San Diego State University, Graduate Seminar

November 8, Evening — San Diego State University, Faculty Reception

November 8, 11:00 AM — San Diego State University, Criminal Justice classes

November 9-12 — Westin Hotel, Long Beach, CA, International Drug Policy Reform Conference

November 10, 7:00 PM — 2000+Books Reading, Location TBA

November 11, 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM — International Drug Policy Reform Conference, Panel "Law Enforcement for Reform"

November 15, 5:30 PM — Bellingham, WA, Village Books, Reading/Signing

November 16, Noon — Bellingham, WA, The City Club, Speech, "Toward More Reasoned and Responsive Law Enforcement"

November 16, 2:00 PM - 4:45 PM - Western Washington University, blended sociology classes

November 23, 11:30 AM, Los Angeles, "The Blaise Bonpane Show," KPFK

November 23, 8:00 PM, Los Angeles — "The Don Bustany Show," KPFK

November 30, 1:00 PM, Seattle — "The Conversation" with Ross Reynolds, KUOW

November 30, 7:00 PM, Seattle — "The New York Vinnie Show," KIRO

December 7, 10:00 AM, "The Afternoon News" Talk Show with Tom Young

December 7, 4:00 PM, Seattle — "The John Carlson Show," KVI

December 11, 7:00 PM - North Carolina, "The Allen Handelman Show," WZTK

December 14, 8:30 AM - Portland, OR, "The Thom Hartmann Show," KPOJ