Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. Human operating system 1.0 -- 3. How America treats her warriors and the cults of tribalism and victimology -- 4. Virtuous leadership for law enforcement -- Courage -- Justice -- Self-control -- Competency -- 5. Virtuous policing and Maryland's own NSA -- 6. In defense of self and others in the ghetto : loss of right -- Facts -- discussion -- 30-foot rule explained -- Reasonableness of Tyrone Smith's use of force in defense of others -- 7. Murder in southern California (or cops emulating the TV show Cops) -- Facts -- 8. Officer Ray Bunn and Atlanta's injustice system -- 9. The overutilization of SWAT and the militarization of our police departments -- Fairfax County, Virginia : use of SWAT to kill an optometrist for gambling -- Albuquerque police SWAT arrest a homeless man in a suburban park -- 10. Being poor is not a crime -- 11. Peace officers versus professional law enforcement officers -- 12. When society embraces the bad guys : the sad song of Sergeant Johnnie Riley -- Discussion -- Misunderstanding the tactical dynamics of an encounter -- Action versus reaction -- Fight-or-flight response (emotional intensity) -- Wound ballistics -- How bullets work psychologically -- How bullets work physically -- In defense of self or others -- Mistake belief -- Due process violations -- 13. Redefining the role of state : back to a true liberalism -- 14. Police in our school systems -- Police Athletic League -- Police Explorers -- 15. On notice and the presumption of innocence -- Second Amendment -- Crime and weapons -- 16. How the lack of virtue undermines society itself -- The death of private property rights and America's future -- 17. The power of link analysis -- 18. The ugly and the good in police reformation -- 19. Some solutions -- Developing magnanimity within police officers and departments -- Professionalism in leadership -- Words of caution -- Getting out of the office and vehicles and back into the streets -- Information operations -- Keeping up with the state-of-the-art knowledge : competency in practice -- Fitness for duty -- Force Science Institute courses -- Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Sabbaticals and educational incentives -- Texts and professional reading materials.