Norm Stamper
Author of To Protect and Serve:
How to Fix America’s Police
How to Fix America’s Police
Events Archive
2009 Events
December 27 – Interview with Matt Power, New York Times
December 18 – Interview with Uprising Radio, KPFK, North Hollywood, CA
December 17 – Interview with Jay Morris Show, WKZO, Kalamazoo, Michigan
December 9 – Seattle Interview with Bob Rivers, The Bob Rivers Show, CBS [on officer safety, yesterday’s memorial]
December 8 – Seattle Providing in-studio commentary during KOMO TV’s live four-hour coverage of memorial service for four slain Lakewood (WA) police officers
December 2 – Los Angeles Interview with Terrence McNally, WBAI in New York, KPFK, Los Angeles
November 30 – Seattle Interview with Ross Reynolds, The Conversation, KUOW Public Radio
November 30 – Los Angeles Interview with Ian Masters, KPFK Public Radio
November 30 – Interview with Ross Reynolds, KUOW Radio
November 30 – Seattle Interview with Nina Shapiro, Seattle Weekly
November 26 – Interview with Nick Perry, Seattle Times
November 20 – Interview with Michael Crowley, Reader’s Digest
November 18 – Bellingham, WA, Debate with President of National Narcotics Officers Coalition, City Club
November 16 – Interview with Paula Wissell, KPLU Radio, Seattle
November 12 – Interview with Nina Shapiro, Seattle Weekly
November 5 – Interview with C.O.W.S. Radio
October 27 – Canberra, Australia Presentation to Australian Parliamentary Group for Drug Law Reform, Annual Meeting
October 27 – Canberra, Australia Meeting with Mal Washer, MP, Chair, Australian Parliamentary Group for Drug Law Reform
October 27 – Canberra, Australia Meeting with Senator Rachel Siewert, Australian Greens
October 27 – Canberra, Australia Meeting with Kay Hull, Member of Parliament
October 27 – Canberra, Australia Interview with West Australian
October 27 – Canberra, Australia Interview with Sydney Morning Herald
October 26 – Canberra, Australia Public Meeting, ACT Legislative Assembly London Circuit
October 26 – Canberra, Australia Meeting with The Hon. Duncan Kerr, MP, and The Hon. Mal Washer, Chair of Australian Parliamentary Group for Drug Law Reform, Commonwealth Parliament House
October 26 – Canberra, Australia Meeting with Mr. Richard Pieper, Crime Manager, Drugs, Australian Federal Police
October 26 – Canberra, Australia Presentation to Center of Excellence in Policing and Security, Australian National University
October 26 – Canberra, Australia Discussion at Australian Injecting Users League
October 25 – Cooma, Australia Return trip to Canberra
October 24 – Cooma, Australia Dinner with Rotarians
October 24 – Cooma, Australia Presentation to Rotary International Conference
October 23 – Canberra, Australia Dinner with Drug Policy Reformers
October 23 – Canberra, Australia Meeting with senior officials, Department of Health and Aging
October 23 – Canberra, Australia Meeting with senior officials, ACT Government
October 23 – Canberra, Australia Presentation to Australian Crime Commission
October 23 – Canberra, Australia Meeting with Australian Federal Police, Headquarters
October 22 – Brisbane, Australia Presentation to QulHN/QulVVA, Fortitude Valley
October 22 – Brisbane, Australia Meeting with Lee and Chris Rush (re: son Scott on death row in Bali)
October 22 – Brisbane, Australia Presentation to QulHN/QulVVA, Fortitude Valley
October 21 – Brisbane, Australia Dinner with Drug Policy Reformers
October 21 – Currumbin, Australia Visit to Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary
October 21 – Brisbane, Australia Lecture at Law School, University of Queensland
October 21 – Brisbane, Australia Meeting with Queensland Deputy Police Commissioner Ian Stewart and senior staff
October 20 – Brisbane, Australia Presentation to 1800 Annual Gen’l. Mtg. Qld Council of Civil Liberties, Irish Club
October 20 – Brisbane, Australia Presentation to Rotary and Chamber of Commerce, Fortitude Valley
October 20 – Brisbane, Australia Meeting with Members of State Parliament, Old Parliament House
October 19 – Brisbane, Australia Dinner with Brisbane Drug Policy Reformers
October 19 – Brisbane, Australia Presentation to Biala Needle & Syringe Programme
October 19 – Brisbane, Australia Presentation to Queensland Alcohol and Drug Research and Edu. Ctr, University of Queensland
October 19 – Brisbane, Australia Meeting with John Herron, Chair, Australian National Council on Drugs
October 16 – Perth, Australia Presentation to Public Meeting, Royal Park Hall, North Perth
October 16 – Perth, Australia Meeting with WA Chief Justice Wayne Martin, former Chair of Law Reform Commission
October 16 – Perth, Australia Meeting with Roger Cook, WA Shadow Minister for Heath and Paul Papalia, Shadow Minister for Corrective Services
October 16 – Perth, Australia Presentation at Western Australia Substance Users Association
October 16 – Perth, Australia Interview with ABC Radio
October 16 – Perth, Australia Testimony to WA Legislative Assembly, Education and Health Standing Committee on Adequacy and Appropriateness of Prevention and Treatment Services
October 15 – Perth, Australia Dinner with Drug Policy Reformers
October 15 – Perth, Australia Presentation to National Drug Research Institute Seminar, Curtin University of Technology
October 15 – Perth, Australia Interview with ABC WA Statewide
October 15 – Perth, Australia Meeting with Police Minister Rob Johnson
October 15 – Perth, Australia Lecture at Edith Cowan University, Joondalup Campus
October 15 – Perth, Australia Meeting with Assistant Police Commissioner (Traffic & Ops) Mr. Shayne Maynes
October 14 – Melbourne, Australia Meeting with Mr. Brett Curran, Chief of Staff to Victorian Minister for Police and Emergency Services and Corrections
October 14 – Melbourne, Australia Presentation to Harm Reduction and D&A Workers, Moonee Valley Civic Centre
October 14 – Melbourne, Australia Presentation to Lord Mayor and Moonee Valley City Councillors
October 14 – Melbourne, Australia Meeting with City of Melbourne City Issues Team
October 13 – Melbourne, Australia Meeting at Convenience Advertising
October 13 – Melbourne, Australia Meeting with Victorian Child Safety Commissioner Bernie Geary, and other leaders
October 13 – Melbourne, Australia Video interview, Institute of Public Affairs
October 13 – Melbourne, Australia Meeting with Acting Chief Police Commissioner Kieran Walshe and senior staff
October 13 – Melbourne, Australia Presentation to Office of Police Integrity and Victorian Police Force Officers
October 12 – Melbourne, Australia Meeting with Wade Noonan, MP at Parliament House
October 12 – Melbourne, Australia Testify at Victorian Parliamentary Joint Houses, Investigatory Drug and Crime Prevention Committee
October 12 – Melbourne, Australia Lecture, Monash University, Clayton Campus
October 12 – Melbourne, Australia Meeting with Senior Officials, Victoria Police Association, Brian Rix, President
October 12 – Melbourne, Australia Meeting with Police Commissioner the Hon. Bob Cameron
October 12 – Melmbourne, Australia Interview with ABC Morning Show, John Fain
October 11 – Melbourne, Australia Private briefing dinner with Bill Noonan, OAM National Men’s Health Ambassador
October 10 – Melbourne, Australia dinner with Davis Stanley and family
October 10 – Sydney, Australia, Interview with Kate Pinnock, Jailbreak 2SER
October 9 – Sydney, Australia Dinner with Dr. Alex Wodak, et al
October 9 – Sydney, Australia Presentation to Users and Health Workers and AIDS Assoc.
October 9 – Sydney, Australia Video interview with User’s News
October 9 – Sydney, Australia Interview with Australian Police Journal, Sr. Sgt. Victoria Williams
October 9 – Sydney, Australia Interview with Hungry Beasts (Zapruder’s Other Films/ABC)
October 9 – Sydney, Australia Interview with Fiveaa (Adelaide talk radio)
October 9 – Sydney, Australia Presentation to Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Australia-NZ-wide videoconference
October 8 – Sydney, Australia Presentation to Centre for Independent Studies, St. Leonards
October 8 – Sydney, Australia Discussion with Deputy Lord Mayor of City of Sydney Ms. Marcelle Hoff, Councillors and Advisors
October 8 – Sydney, Australia Lecture, University of New South Wales Law School
October 8 – Sydney, Australia Interview with NSW Police News, Nicola Silva
October 8 – Sydney, Australia Roundtable discussion, Australasian Society for HIV Medicine, national video linkup
October 7 – Sydney, Australia Briefing to City of Sydney “Safe City Unit” and Local Area Police Commanders
October 7 – Sydney, Australia Tour of St. Vincents Hospital Alcohol and Drug Services
October 7 – Sydney, Australia Meeting with Detective Superintendent Tony Cook, Commander Drug and Alcohol Coordination
October 7 – Sydney, Australia Interview with World Today ABC Radio, Shane McLeod
October 7 – Sydney, Australia Lecture, University of Technology, “Principles of Forensic Science,” law students
October 6 – Sydney, Australia Visit to Medically Supervised Injecting Centre, Kings Cross
October 6 – Sydney, Australia Meeting with Rev. Harry Herbert, Executive Director, UnitingCare
October 6 – Sydney, Australia Meeting with Philip Kelley, Policy Advisor to Minister for Police and Mike Bailey, Policy Advisor to Attorney General and Minister for Justice
October 6 – Sydney, Australia Lunch at Parliament House Dinning Room with Drug Policy Reformers
October 6 – Sydney, Australia Lecture, NSW Parliament House for State Government representatives
October 5 – Sydney, Australia Interview with Tony Jones, “Lateline,” ABC Studios
October 5 – Sydney, Australia Meeting with Dr. Wodak and Leah McLeod
October 4 – Sydney, Australia Dinner with Dr. Alex Wodak
October 4 – Sydney, Australia Festival of Dangerous Ideas, Panel: “All Forms of Drug Use Should Be Made Legal,” Sydney Opera House
September 30 – Herald Sun (Australia), phone interview with Alan Howe
September 29 – Seattle Weekly, phone interview with Nina Shapiro
September 29 – Conference call with Drug Policy Alliance
September 29 – Sydney Morning Herald (Australia), Interview with Michael Duffy
September 26 – San Francisco, 2009 NORML Conference, Panel, “Driving Mexican Cartels Out of Business”
September 26 – San Francisco, 2009 NORML Conference, Plenary Speech on “Law Enforcement as Cannabis Reform’s Missing Link”
September 26 – San Francisco, Plenary Speech and Panel Discussion, Annual NORML Conference
September 26 – San Francisco, Interview with Drug Truth Network
September 25 – San Francisco, Meeting with Kevin Ryan, Deputy Chief of Staff for Mayor Gavin Newsome
September 25 – San Francisco, Meeting with Sheriff Mike Hennessey, San Francisco Sheriff’s Department
September 25 – San Francisco, NORML news conference
September 25 – San Francisco, Meeting with Supervisor David Chiu, San Francisco Board of Supervisors
September 25 – San Francisco, Meeting with Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, San Francisco Board of Supervisors
September 25 – San Francisco, Dinner with Common Sense for Drug Policy/ARO
September 24 – Oakland, Meeting with Acting Chief Howard Jordan, OPD
September 24 – Sausalito, Presentation to Sausalito Rotary
September 24 – Berkeley, Tour of Berkeley Patients Group
September 24 – Berkeley, Dinner with BPG officials
September 24 – Sausalito (CA) Rotary
September 24 – Berkeley Patients Group
September 23 – San Francisco, Presentation to UC-Hastings College of Law
September 23 – Oakland, Tour of Harborside Health Center
September 22 – Interview with KCTS TV, “WTO: The Whole World Is Watching”
September 17 – Phone interview with “The Young Turks,” Air America
September 15 – Phone interview with Patrik Jonnson, Christian Science Monitor
September 9 – Interview with Eric Scigliano, Seattle Metropolitan magazine
September 4, 5, 11, 12, 13 – Actors Theater of Orcas Island, appearing in “Brilliant Traces” by Cindy Lou Johnson
August 31 – Interview with Dori Monson, KIRO Radio, Seattle
August 25 – Interview with KDKA Radio, Pittsburgh
August 25 – Interview with Bev Smith Show, Pittsburgh, American Urban Radio Networks
August 24 – Interview with Aimee Allison, KPFA Radio, Berkeley
August 12 – Bellingham, WA, Interview on KVOS TV, Experience NW
August 12 – Bellingham, WA, Book Event at Village Books for Marijuana Is Safer by Steve Fox, Paul Armentano, Mason Tvert
August 6 – Interview with Liliana Segura, AlterNet
July 27 – Interview with Sean Hamill, freelancer for New York Times
July 27 – Interview with Joseph Mandak, Associated Press
July 24 – Interview with KIRO Radio, Seattle
July 24 – Interview (#2) with Patrik Jonnson, Christian Science Monitor
July 24 – Interview (#1) with Patrik Jonnson, Christian Science Monitor
July 23 – Interview with Kim Murphy, Los Angeles Times
June 29 – Interview with Geoff Watland, KBOO News, Portland, OR
June 25 – Interview with Mike McConnell Show, WLW AM, Cincinnati
June 25 – San Juan Islands Meeting with Brad and Kathy Holian of Santa Fe, New Mexico
June 23 – Interview with Dean Becker, Drug Truth Network
June 23 – Interview with Charles Cooper, CBS News.com
June 16 – Interview with The Irv Homer Show, WBCB, Levittown, PA
June 11 – Interview with Nicholas Kristof, New York Times
June 10 – Interview with David Crary, Associated Press
June 3 – Interview with Jerome Sherman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
May 14 – Interview with KUOW, “The Conversation With Ross Reynolds”
May 7 – Interview with Martin Kaste, National Public Radio
May 7 – Interview with Mark Christopher Show, KNEWS, Palm Springs
April 30 – Interview with Kelsy Krotzer, Ellensburg Daily Record
April 30 – Interview with Manuel Roig-Franzia, Washington Post
April 28 – Podcast interview with Electric Politics, Washington D.C.
April 23 – Interview with Thom Hartmann Show, KPOJ Radio, Sirius/XM
April 21 – Interview with World Tonight AM 770 CHQR News Talk Sports, Calgary, Alberta
April 20 – Interview with The Richard Hunter Show, Rick Dees Entertainment, Dallas, TX
April 16 – Interview with Phil Hendrie, Talk Radio Network
April 15 – Interview with Anthony Liebetrau, KPFK, Los Angeles
April 10 – Interview with Sasha Abramsky for The Nation
April 2 – Interview with Bob Rivers Show, KZOK, CBS Affiliate
March 30 – Interview with Amy Goodman, Democracy Now
March 24 – Testimony before the Minnesota House of Representatives Committee on Public Safety and Oversight
March 24 – Interview with St. Paul Pioneer
March 24 – Interview with Minneapolis City Pages
March 23 – Interview with Minneapolis Star Tribune
March 13 – Interview with Isaac Wolf, Scripps Howard
March 12 – Interview with Debra J. Saunders, San Francisco Chronicle
March 12 – Interview with The Seattle Channel
March 10 – Interview with Radley Balko, Senior Editor of Reason, writing for The Daily Beast
March 10 – Interview with Edward Marantz, Slate.Com
March 10 – Interview with Christina Bellantoni, Washington Times
March 10 – Interview with Carrie Johnson, Washington Post
March 10 – Interview with José Diaz-Briseo, Reforma, Mexico
March 10 – Interview with Marina Rockinger, KOMO Radio
March 5 – Interview with Judith Scherr, KPFA Berkeley
February 28 – Interview with the “Hector Sector”, ñ 1150 AM, El Paso
February 24 – Interview with Damon Agnos, Seattle Weekly
February 19 – Interview, Red Eye with Greg Gutfeld, Fox News
February 19 – Interview, Stand Up! with Pete Dominic, P.O.T.U.S., Sirius/XM Radio
February 18 – Interview, Silja Talvi, In These Times
February 13 – Interview with William Yardley, New York Times
February 12 – Interview with Bernie Becker, New York Times
February 12 – Interview with Bob Rivers, et al, CBS News
February 11 – Interview with Bob Curley, Join Together
February 11 – Interview with Vanessa Ho, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
February 11 – Interview with Froma Harrop, The Providence Journal
February 11 – Interview with Ken Schram and John Carlson, The Commentators, KOMO Radio
February 11 – Interview with Ross Reynolds, The Conversation, KUOW Public Radio
February 11 – Interview with Mike O’Brien, The Hill, Washington, D.C.
February 11 – Podcast with Russ Belville, NORML
February 11 – Interview with Ron and Don, The Ron and Don Show, KIRO Radio
February 11 – Interview with Philip Rucker, Washington Post
February 10 – Interview with Michael Isikoff, Newsweek Magazine
February 6 – Columbia, SC, Interview with David Waterman, WVOC Radio
January 12 – 5:30 PM — Chico, CA, KZFR, “Shattered Lives” interview with Sharon North
January 9 – 2009, Interview on NORML’s Podcast
January 8 – 2009, Interview with Sean Finn, Parade Magazine
January 6 – 9:30 AM — Houston, KPFT Radio Houston, Drug Truth Network interview