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A Vancouver police cruiser is seen on city streets. The Vancouver Police Department is under fire for the suicide of a police officer and other alleged misconduct that highlight the dangers of the ‘blue wall of silence.’ THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

May 7, 2023

Behind the blue wall: The toxic culture that left a Vancouver police officer dead

Jason Walker, University Canada West

Chan had been subjected to a pattern of abuse by senior members of the Vancouver police force starting when she was being recruited to the department.

NYPD officers turning their backs on New York mayor Bill de Blasio after he remarked on police violence, Jan. 4, 2015. AP Photo/John Minchillo,

July 7, 2020

Why the US military usually punishes misconduct but police often close ranks

Dwight Stirling, University of Southern California

No ‘blue wall of silence:’ A military lawyer explains why the US armed forces take accountability and justice seriously.

Does this look like community policing? Flikr/Jamelle Bouie

December 12, 2014

With identity crisis in police, more Fergusons inevitable

Johnny Nhan, Texas Christian University

Recent social unrest across the country protesting the police shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson and the police chokehold death of Eric Garner in New York has reopened wounds and revealed deeply…

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Johnny Nhan
Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Texas Christian University
Dwight Stirling
Lecturer in Law, University of Southern California
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Program Director & Associate Professor of Industrial-Organizational and Applied Psychology, Adler University

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