American Law Enforcement

About the Book

This book describes how policing has forgotten to serve and protect citizens but emphasizes technology and quick response after a crime has been committed. It has astonishingly simple new ideas about how policing could prevent crime as well as enforce laws. These radical but economical changes in policing would not only result in more respect for police by the public but would lower the crime rate by preventing crime in the first place. This seasoned veteran brings his experience to bear in tantalizing clarity as a master wordsmith. He produces a compelling case for changing even the kind of vehicles that police use today.

"Commissioner Johannes Spreen was a police officer extraordinary; a man who helped restructure and develop New York City Police Academy training leading to a college program, a 'West Point' for officers, now John Jay College for Criminal Justice. Johannes Spreen is a man of enthusiasm, indeed a prophet; always ahead of his time and brought his talent to Detroit as Police Commissioner and later Sheriff of Oakland County."
-Rudolph P. Blaum, Retired Captain, New York City Police Department, John Jay College, former president American Education Association.

About the Author

Johannes Spreen, B.S., M.P.A., and Ph.D. (ABD) was in law enforcement from 1941-1985, starting as a NYC policeman, rising to Inspector and Command of Operations. He was Detroit Police Commissioner; Sheriff of Oakland County, Michigan; newspaper columnist and a professor at John Jay College and Mercy College.