Reimagining Blue: Thoughts on Life, Leadership, and a New Way Forward in Policing by Former Police Chief Kristen Ziman

Reimagining Blue: Thoughts on Life, Leadership, and a New Way Forward in Policing by Former Police Chief Kristen Ziman Hardcover In Reimagining Blue, retired Aurora police chief Kristen Ziman examines the current hostilities between law enforcement and the communities they serve—offering guidance on a new way forward in policing. Through thoughtful analysis and personal reflections, Ziman tells the story of her twenty-seven year career, which spanned some of the most turbulent events in the history of law enforcement.   As a teen cadet who came from a family of law enforcers, Ziman always wanted to be a cop. But nothing could have prepared her for the turmoil that would unfold during her tenure as the police chief of Aurora, Illinois, the second largest city in the state. A mass shooting, a pandemic, and civil unrest that threatened the trusting relationship between her department and her community became her greatest professional challenges.   But they wouldn’t be her only challenges