“Breaking Rank” by Norm Stamper is a hard-hitting memoir from a veteran police chief who turns insider whistleblower. Drawing on decades in uniform—from patrol shifts to department leadership—Stamper exposes systemic brutality, corruption, and the cultural forces that silence reform. Part memoir, part indictment, it’s a candid, moral reckoning that challenges readers to confront policing’s failures and consider bold, practical paths to accountability and change.
