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KEY FEATURES: The book offers a personal approach to public administration that goes deeper into the substance of bureaucracy than other books to expose readers to the human side of bureaucracy. Readers experience the inner thoughts and feelings of twelve men and women who have given large parts of their lives to the work of governance. The book’s essays and video profiles reveal complex mixes of dreams and disappointment, dynamic processes of change, interaction with numerous other personalities and organizations, and a human mind embedded with devotion to a cause, yet utterly realistic about achieving it. The book is concise and affordable making it ideal for use as a supplementary text.
MICHAEL J. BENDER, Police Captain: Cops Doing Mental Health
MICHAEL J. BENDER, Police Captain: Cops Doing Mental Health
Photo by Charles T. Goodsell
The scene of this public safety essay is Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the state. It is a city of 220,000 within a metro area of 1.3 million. In American history, this place was where the revolutionary Patrick Henry shouted, “Give me liberty or give me death.” Seventy years later, it was the center of another revolution, the secessionist Confederacy presided over by Jefferson Davis. The historic capitol building still in use but much since expanded was designed by Thomas Jefferson.
Richmond’s original police department was established in 1807, making it one of the ...
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