Norm Stamper




Author of To Protect and Serve:
How to Fix America’s Police

2008 Events

(all times local)

December 4 — Seattle, KOMO Radio Interview: “Economic benefits of ending the drug war”


October 28 — Massachusetts, Talk of the Town with Dan Collier, WDIS Radio

October 21 — Louisiana, Bernie Cyrus Show, WGSO

October 15, 7:30 pm — University of Arkansas

October 15, 12:00 pm — Springdale, AR Lions Club

October 14, 12:00 pm — Paris, AR Kiwanis

October 13, 7:00 pm — Siloam Springs, AR, Lions Club

October 11, 6:30 pm — Medford, MA, Emceeing celebration of Jack Cole, LEAP co-founder

October 10, 7:30 am — Hamilton – Wenham, MA Rotary

October 9, 7:00 pm — Boston University

October 9, 12:15 pm — Medford, MA Rotary

October 8 — Framingham, MA Interview with Rick Holmes, Editorial Page Editor, MetroWest Daily News

October 8, 12:15 pm — Swampscott, MA Rotary

October 5-7 — NH, Association of Counties Conference (presentation 10/6/08, 1-4 pm)


August 4 — Calgary, Interview with CHQR Radio


July 24 — Denver, Interview with Peter Boyles Show, KHOW

July 13-16 — Albany, Linn County, Salem, and Portland, Orego. LEAP speeches and meetings with state and local law enforcement, elected officials


June 12, 7:00 AM — Renton. Spirit of Washington Event Center. Domestic Abuse Women’s Network “Wake Up With Dawn Benefit Breakfast” Keynote

June 10 — Los Angeles. The Billy Wilder Theater, Hammer Museum. “The Prohibitive Cost of Prohibition”

June 9, 12:20 PM — Los Angeles. Interview, Reason TV

June 8 – June 10 — Malibu and Los Angeles. Meetings with City Council members and citizen groups

June 4, 7:00 AM Interview, Peter Boyle, Denver, KHOW Radio


April 12, 2008 — Los Angeles. Interview, Burl Barer’s Outlaw Radio

April 5, 2008Bellingham Herald article, “Drug war called ‘abject failure'”

April 4 Interview, KUGS Radio, Western Washington University

April 4 — Interview, Seattle Magazine

April 4 — Interview, The Associated Press, “Former Seattle chief Stamper says meth raid does little good”

April 3, 7:00 PM-9:00 PM — Bellingham, WA. Western Washington University, Performing Arts Center, “Drug War Addiction”


March 2008 — The Sentry article, “Abolish the Death Penalty”

March 18 — Dallas, Texas. Meeting with Criminal District Court Judge John Creuzot

March 18 — Dallas, Texas. Meeting with Dallas Police Chief David Kunkel

March 18 — Dallas, Texas. Meeting with Drug Policy Reformers Suzy Wills and Robert Ramsey

March 18 — Waxahachie, Texas. Interview for film, “Drug Wars: The Colombianization of Mexico,” produced by Rusty Fleming

March 17 — Plano, Texas. Meeting with Texas State Representative, Chair of the Corrections Committee Jerry Madden

March 17 — Dallas, Texas. Meeting with Dallas County Public Defender Brad Lollar


February 26, 10 am — Los Angeles. Phone Interview with Jazz Richmond.

February 14, 5:30 — Seattle. Real Change Annual Fundraiser, Rainier Valley Cultural Center.

February 13, 12:30 — Seattle. Professor Jonathan Wender’s University of Washington CJ class.


January 19, 2008, 9:00 AM — San Jose. National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, “Reaching for the Dream: New Arguments & New Allies. )