Local Author Signs Book Deal: Latest Work Examines Epidemic of Police Corruption

PRLog (Press Release) - Feb. 25, 2013 - In Copping Out: The Consequence of Police Corruption, author Anthony Stanford examines the battle being waged by police departments against rogue police officers involved in criminal activity. Through selected cases, Stanford sheds light on the widespread phenomenon, revealing the affect that corruption within the ranks law enforcement agencies is having on American society.

The author examines the disturbing and increasingly common occurrence from the perspective of law enforcement agencies, and citizens whose communities are besieged with crime. The book brings attention to the professional standards that police officers are sworn to adhere, and reveals, the internal struggle underway in law enforcement agencies throughout the nation, to counteract the action of wayward police officers.

From the reports of vice, police brutality and vigilante justice, to attempts by street gangs to infiltrate police departments, the author dissects the trickle down effect of police corruption on American values and the criminal justice system.

Stanford’s first book, Homophobia in the Black Church: How Faith, Politics and Fear Divide the Black Community, will be released March 2013.

A publication date for the author’s latest work has not been announced.

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