{"product_id":"cop-a-journalist-infiltrates-the-police-9781913348885","title":"Cop: a journalist infiltrates the police","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePolice officers are obliged to give an account of every incident they are involved in. But what happened today will never be logged. Because that’s what police solidarity means: what happens in the van stays in the van.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWell, not always. Not this time.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat really happens behind the walls of a police station? To answer this question, investigative journalist Valentin Gendrot put his life on hold for two years and became the first journalist in history to infiltrate the police undetected.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWithin three months of training to become an officer, he was given a permit to carry a weapon in public. And although he lived in daily fear of being discovered, in his book Gendrot hides nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAssigned to work in a tough area of Paris where tensions between the law and locals ran high, Gendrot witnessed police brutality, racism, blunders, and cover-ups. But he also saw the oppressive working conditions that officers endured, and mourned the tragic suicide of a colleague.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAsking important questions about who holds institutional power and how we can hold them to account, \u003cem\u003eCop\u003c\/em\u003e is a gripping exposé of a world never before seen by outsiders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Vivid and engrossing.’\u003c\/p\u003e -- Sean Hickey * Irish Examiner *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘An explosive new book by an investigative journalist has drawn fresh attention to police brutality and racism in France … chronicles the author’s training and the six months he spent as a police officer in one of Paris’ poorest districts … its vivid portrayal underlines how France’s history of racism and present-day police tactics have remained relatively unexamined.’\u003c\/p\u003e -- Matt Bradley * NBC News *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A journalist who spent almost six months undercover in a Paris police force witnessed racism, almost daily violence, and a culture of impunity for officers who mistreated civilians … The book’s release follows a period of increased criticism of police in France.’\u003c\/p\u003e -- Jamie Clifton * Vice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A remarkable coup … True crime doesn't get more real than this.’\u003c\/p\u003e -- Mark Sanderson * Crime Club *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A courageous investigation. \u003ci\u003eCop\u003c\/i\u003e reveals insights that will be familiar to those at the receiving end of racist policing anywhere.’\u003c\/p\u003e -- Antony Loewenstein * The Saturday Paper *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Informative’\u003c\/p\u003e -- Alastair Mabbott * The Herald *","brand":"Scribe Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49414581649751,"sku":"9781913348885","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781913348885.jpg?v=1730524144","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/cop-a-journalist-infiltrates-the-police-9781913348885","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}