Join The Base in Bushwick for a study group on the history of policing.

This group will investigate the origins, development, and contemporary manifestations of the idea of “policing.” With a global context, the group will focus on the role that police play in NYC, which has the largest police force in the US. The course is a critical history – “critical” no meaning “negative,” but rather seeking to understand “what lies beneath” — seeking to understand not just what has happened, but why.

• Among the questions the group will seek to answer are:
• When, where and why did policing in its modern sense begin?
• What do police do? How do they spend their time?
• Who are the police? Who becomes a police officer and why?
• What are the different types of police that exist today?
• What is the role of the police in times of social crisis?
• In what ways are the activities of police connected to broader developments in our politics, economy, and society?
• What are some potential futures for policing and how can we evaluate them?

The first group meeting is at 5pm on Tuesday, September 10 at The Base – 113 Stockholm Street, Brooklyn
Contact randy_s@riseup.net for more information
Here is the full flyer: lA Critical History of the Police.