Breaking Rank
A Top Cop's Exposé
of the Dark Side of American Policing

Norm Stamper

Past Events

2005

May 2, 11:00 AM: The Seattle Weekly, Nina Shapiro Interview

May 27, 10:00 AM: "Real Change," Seattle, Newspaper Interview with Cydney Gillis

June 1, 7:00 AM: KGO Radio, San Francisco, News Interview

June 2, 7:00 AM: WARM Radio, York, PA, News Interview

June 2, 3:30 PM: KIRO Radio, "The Dave Ross Show"

June 6, 6:00 PM, Orcas Island, WA — Reading/signing (books available from Darvill's Bookstore) at the Inn at Ship Bay, 326 Olga Road, Eastsound

June 7, 11:00 AM: Seattle, 12:00 PM: KEXP Radio

June 7, 12:30 PM: Seattle, KPLU Radio

June 8, 7:00 AM: KZIZ Radio, Seattle, "Community Potpourri with Barbara Laners"

June 8, 9:00 AM: KUOW Radio, Seattle, "Weekday with Steve Scher"

June 8, 11:00 AM: KOMO TV, Seattle, "KOMO 4 News at Eleven"

June 8, 12:00 PM: KING TV, Seattle, "KING 5 Noon News"

June 8, 4:00 PM: KCPQ TV, Seattle, "Fox Q13 News"

June 8, 5:00 PM: KING TV, Seattle, "KING 5 News at Five"

June 8, 5:15 PM: Northwest Cable News, Seattle, "NW Newsmakers"

June 8, 5:40 PM: San Diego City Beat Interview

June 9, 7:00 AM: The Buzz KQBZ Radio, Seattle, "The Robin and Maynard Show"

June 9, 9:00 AM: KMPS Radio, Seattle, "Introspect Northwest"

June 9, 4:00 PM: KOMO TV, Seattle, "First News at 4"

June 9, 7:30 PM, Seattle, WA — Reading/signing at Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Avenue (sponsored by Elliott Bay Book Company)

June 10, 3:00 PM: Evergreen Radio, Seattle, "Washington Talking Books & Braille Library"

June 10, 4:00 PM: Metro Networks Radio, Seattle, "Westwood One Radio"

June 10, 5:00 PM: Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Hector Castro Interview

June 11, 7:00 PM, Olympia, WA — Reading/signing at Orca Books, 509 East 4th Avenue

June 13, 7:30 PM, San Francisco, CA — Reading/signing at Modern Times Bookstore, 888 Valencia Street

June 13, 9:00 AM, Seattle: KZOK Radio

June 14, 7:30 AM: KPFA Radio, Berkeley, "Morning Show with Philip Maldari and Andrea Lewis"

June 14, 2:00 PM: KOGO Radio, San Diego, "KOGO News Radio 600"

June 14, 3:30 PM: KGO Radio, San Francisco, "The Pete Wilson Show"

June 15, 7:30 PM, Berkeley, CA — Reading/signing at Cody's Bookstore, 2454 Telegraph Avenue

June 15, 8:00 AM: KLSD Radio, San Diego, "The Stacey Taylor Show"

June 15, 10:00 AM: KALW Radio, San Francisco, "Your Call With Laura Flanders" (Matt Martin)

June 15, 11:30 AM: KCNS TV, San Francisco, "Bay Area Week"

June 16, 8:00 AM: KVON Radio, Napa, "KVON's Morning Edition"

June 16, 7:00 PM, Long Beach, CA — Reading/signing at 2000+Books, 309 Pine Avenue

June 17, Noon, San Diego, CA — Speech to the City Club of San Diego, Holiday Inn on Harbor Drive (books available)

June 17, 11:30 AM: KMTT Radio, Seattle, "Mountain Morning Radio"

June 17, 1:45 PM: San Diego Reader Interview

June 18, 2:00 PM, Pasadena, CA — Reading/signing at Borders Books and Music, 475 S. Lake Avenue

June 18, 5:00 PM: Fox News TV, New York, "Fox News/From the Heartland"

June 20, 7:00 AM: XETV TV, San Diego, "Fox6"

June 20, 9:00 AM: KPBS Radio, San Diego, "These Days"

June 21, 7:30, San Diego, CA — Reading/signing at Barnes & Noble, 10775 Westview Parkway

June 21, 5:30 AM: NBC TV, San Diego "7/39 News in the Morning"

June 21, 7:00 AM: KUSI TV, San Diego, "KUSI Morning News"

June 21, 10:00 AM: KUSI TV, San Diego, "KUSI Morning Show"

June 21, 11:00 AM: KGTV TV, San Diego, "10 News Live at Eleven"

June 22, 10:00 AM: KPFK Radio, North Hollywood, "Uprising"

June 22, 1:30 PM: PBS TV, "The Tavis Smiley Show"

June 22, 7:00 PM: Los Angeles, L.A. Urban Public Policy Forum, Speech

June 23, 7:40 AM: WNYC Radio, New York, "The Brian Lehrer Show"

June 24, 7:30 PM, Portland, OR — Reading/signing at Powell's Books, 1005 W. Burnside

June 24, 9:00 AM: KATU TV, Portland, OR, "AM Northwest"



June 24, 5:00 PM: KPFT Radio, Houston, "Cultural Baggage"

June 28, 7:00 AM: Sirius Satellite Radio, New York, "Alex Bennett Program"

June 30, 10:00 AM: Helen Schiller, Netherlands, "Volkstrant" News

July 1, 10:15 AM: WBAI Radio, New York, "Radio Nation"

July 11, 4:30 PM: SCAN TV, Seattle, ACLU's "Speaking of Freedom"

July 18, 10:00 AM: DRCNet, Vancouver, B.C., "Drug War Chronicle"

July 19, 6:00 AM: Louisiana, Portia Evans Show,

July 21, 7:00 PM: SCAN TV, Seattle "Public Exposure"

July 29, 6:00 PM: KMJK Radio, Kansas City, "Monica Nightingale's Community Affairs"

August 21, 8:00 AM: KISS Radio, New York, "Open Line"

August 27, 3:00 PM: CNN News

August 28, 8:00 AM and 5 PM: C-SPAN's BookTV

October 7, 8pm: Seattle, Social Justice Television — "The War on Drugs"

October 9, 10:00 AM: Temple Beth Am, Seattle — Panel: "The Drug War: An Alternative Approach"

October 10, 2:00 pm - Palm Beach, FL, WBZT Radio — "The Joe Falco Show"

October 18, 1:00PM "Money 101," KNX Los Angeles, with Bob McCormick

October 18: Interview with Gary Mason, Globe and Mail of Vancouver B.C.

October 19: 11:00 AM "Night Call," WRIF Detroit, with Peter Werbe

October 20: 7:00 PM "Al Rantel Show," KABC Los Angeles, with Al Rantel

October 24, 8:45 PM: "The O'Reilly Factor"

October 24, 11:00 PM, "The Situation," Tucker Carlson

October 25, 7:00 PM. Brown University — Students for Sensible Drug Policy

October 27, 11:45 AM — 1:00 PM: Boston, Suffolk Law School — "Policing in America and the War on Drugs"

October 28, 11:00 AM — CNN's "In the Money" with Jack Cafferty

November 2, 8:00 PM, Los Angeles — Don Bustany Show, KPFK Radio

November 3, 8:00 AM, St. Paul — Ron Rosenbaum and Mark O'Connell Show, KSTP Radio

November 4, 8:00 AM, Youngstown, Ohio — Louie Free Show, WASN Radio

November 7, 7:00 PM — San Diego State University, CJ Survey Course

November 8, 11:00 AM — San Diego State University, Graduate Seminar

November 8, Evening — San Diego State University, Faculty Reception

November 8, 11:00 AM — San Diego State University, Criminal Justice classes

November 9-12 — Westin Hotel, Long Beach, CA, International Drug Policy Reform Conference

November 10, 7:00 PM — 2000+Books Reading, Location TBA

November 11, 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM — International Drug Policy Reform Conference, Panel "Law Enforcement for Reform"

November 15, 5:30 PM — Bellingham, WA, Village Books, Reading/Signing

November 16, Noon — Bellingham, WA, The City Club, Speech, "Toward More Reasoned and Responsive Law Enforcement"

November 16, 2:00 PM - 4:45 PM - Western Washington University, blended sociology classes

November 23, 11:30 AM, Los Angeles, "The Blaise Bonpane Show," KPFK

November 23, 8:00 PM, Los Angeles — "The Don Bustany Show," KPFK

November 30, 1:00 PM, Seattle — "The Conversation" with Ross Reynolds, KUOW

November 30, 7:00 PM, Seattle — "The New York Vinnie Show," KIRO

December 7, 10:00 AM, "The Afternoon News" Talk Show with Tom Young

December 7, 4:00 PM, Seattle — "The John Carlson Show," KVI

December 11, 7:00 PM - North Carolina, "The Allen Handelman Show," WZTK

December 14, 8:30 AM - Portland, OR, "The Thom Hartmann Show," KPOJ

2006

January 26-28 (speaking on the 28th from 9:45-11:30 AM). Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Aveune NW, Falk Auditorium, Washington, D.C. Speaking to 30 progressive mayors who are part of the "New Cities Project"

February 7, 5:30-7:30 PM - Seattle, Leadership Tomorrow's "Leading and Reading With Norm Stamper" at the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce, 1301 Fifth Avenue

February 11, 3:45-5:00 PM. ACLU of Washington, Annual Meeting, Kane Hall, University of Washington, Speech on "Civil Liberties, Social Justice, and the Drug War"

February 26, 11am. "Warren on the Weekend", the most listened to talk radio show in Canada, CKNW Radio

February 27, 4pm. "On The Coast, CBC Radio One 690 AM", Host: Ms. Priya Ramu

February 28, 10am. "Bill Good Show at CKNW Radio"

February 28, 11:30am-2:30pm, Abbotsford, BC, Univ College of Fraser Valley "Introduction to Law Enforcement" Class, 604-535-6390

February 28, 5:30pm-7pm — Abbotsford, BC. Univ College of Fraser Valley Criminal Justice Dept-sponsored Drug Legalization panel discussion, 604-535-6390

March 1, 7pm — Abbotsford, BC, "Why Cops Say Legalize Drugs", Clearbrook Lions Club, 604-854-8360

March 2, 2pm — Abbotsford, BC, Book Signing - Coles Bookstore, (604) 851-5777

March 2, 6:15pm — Abbotsford, BC, Abbotsford-Matsqui Rotary Club, 604-855-3874

March 7, noon, The Al Sharpton Show, (Keeping It Real", national talk radio show

March 10, 6:30pm — Las Vegas, Futurist Salon, Borders Books, 2190 north Rainbow. "Crime Control vs. Civil Liberties: the Case for Retooling American Law Enforcement"

April 3, 10:30am - Calgary, Tommy Latour, CBC Radio

April 4, 10:00am - Calgary - Toronto Star, Betsy Powell

April 4, 11:20am - Calgary - CBC-TV

April 5, 10:30am - Calgary - CBC-TV

April 10, 4:20pm - Vancouver - CBC Radio One

April 11, 10:00am - Vancouver - CKNW 980, Bill Good Show with Christy Clark

April 12, 7:45am - Vancouver - AMA Channel TV

April 18, 8:00pm - Toronto - NewsTalk 1010

April 20, 11:00am - San Francisco - KPOO Radio, "California Prison Focus Radio"

April 21, 9:30am - San Francisco - San Francisco Chronicle, Debra Saunders

April 21, 12:00pm - San Francisco - Mission Neighborhood Health Center. "The Public Health Benefits of Ending the Drug War"

May 8, 9:30am - Seattle - University of Washington, Kane Hall, Professor Kathleen Beckett's Sociology class. "How Drug Law Enforcement is Organized: Why It's So Controversial"

May 16, 7 pm, Columbia, MO, Radio Intervview, KOPN, 89.5, NPR Affiliate, Dan Viets May 22-26 - Plano, TX, Institute for Law Enforcement Administration, May 24, 8:30am — Institute for Law Enforcement Administration, "Police Leadership"

June 1, 1:00pm -- Victoria, B.C., -- Victoria Police Command Staff. "WTO and Police Leadership"

June 2, 12:15am -- Victoria, BC, Voices of Substance, "The Costs of Doing Nothing: Looking Beyond Our Current Approaches to Substance Use." It's an all day affair. Norm will speak at the "Public Safety and Order" Plenary btwn 12:15pm and 1:30pm

June 29, 4:00pm, The Chris Fabricant Show, live podcast from Brooklyn, NY.

July 13, 11:00am,Local Initiatives Support Corporation, "Community Safety Initiative," live podcast from New York.
August 20, 4:20pm — Seattle, Hempfest

September 5, 2006 - Las Vegas, Nevada. U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Corrections, Executive Excellence Course, Phase 2. "The Role of the Executive"

September 12, 2006 - Washington, D.C. The Cato Institute. A response to Radley Balko's "Overkill," a report on police paramilitary responses

September 28, 2006, Ellensburg, Interview with Patrick Carlson, Ellensburg Daily Record

October 1, Interview with Mike DeRosa, WWUH, University of Hartford, CT.

October 2, 8-8:30pm, KIT 1280 AM Radio Interview, Yakima, WA.

October 2, 4-4:30pm, KIT Radio interview with Brian Teegarden, Yakima, WA.

October 3, afternoon, TV Interview, KIMA-TV http://www.kimatv.com/ Ellensburg, WA.

October 3, 2006, 3:00 PM - Ellensburg, WA. Jerrol's Bookstore. Reading

October 3, 2006, Evening class - Ellensburg, WA. Central Washington University

October 7, 2-5 PM, Presbyterian Church, Friday Harbor. Community speech--"Why is it Always About Women?"--sponsored by Amnesty International, Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services of the San Juan Islands, and Soroptimist International.

October 10, 3:00 PM — Missoula. Interview with Tristan Scott, law enforcement reporter, The Missoulian.

October 10, 5:30 PM — Missoula. Meeting with state legislators

October 10, 7-8pm — Montana. Univ of MT Law School, Missoula, Forward Montana.

October 11, 10-10:30am — Montana. KUFM Public Radio, University campus, Univ of MT Law School, Missoula

October 11, 11:45 AM — Missoula. Meeting with City of Missoula and Missoula County police officials

October 11, 1:30 PM — Missoula. Interview with Jessie McQuillan, Missoula Independent Weekly

October 11, 2-3:30pm — Missoula. KPAX-TV Studio, Interview with Ian Marquand for tonight's evening news broadcast, Half-hour interview with Ian for following Sunday's "Face the State"

October 11, 6:30pm — Missoula. University of Montana Law School, Symposium on Privacy

October 12, 10:00 AM — Helena, MT. Meeting with Governor's staff

October 12, 11:00 AM — Helena. Meeting with Attorney General Mike McGrath.

October 12, 12:00 PM — Helena. Lunch meeting with Helena police officials

October 12, 2-3:30pm — Missoula. CTV Studios, Interview with Tom Daubert for three episodes of "No Smoke No Mirrors"

October 14, 10:30am - Boston, - International Association of Chiefs of Police. "Police Psychological Services: Reflections"

October 15, 9-9:50am — Bedford, MA, Lyceeum, First Unitarian in New Bedford, Bedford, MA

October 17, 9am — Hartford, CT, WNPR Public Radio, "Where We Live" show

October 17, 12:15 to 1:30 — Bloomfield, CT, Bloomfield Rotary, LEAP: Rick Ostrander cell 315-345-4399

October 17, 3:00pm — Hartford, CT, Public Access TV

October 18, 12:15 — Southington, CT, Community Room of The Orchards, LEAP: Rick Ostrander cell 315-345-4399

October 18, 6:00pm — Stafford, CT, Sun Valley Beach Club, LEAP: Rick Ostrander cell 315-345-4399

October 19, 12:30-1pm — Ellensburg, WA, KXLE Radio 1240AM interview, host Dennis Leach, http://kxleradio.com/

October 19, 4:00 PM — Providence, RI. Live With Arlene Violet on WHJJ

October 19, 5:00 PM — Providence. Live With Parker Gavigan, ABC

October 19, 7-9pm — Providence, RI, Top Cop Calls for an End to America's Longest War, Rhode Island College, room Student Union Ballroom.

October 20, 2:30 PM — Kingstown Interview with Campus Radio Station, URI

October 21, 5:00 PM — Boston. Scripted call for SAFER, Amendment 44 in Colorado

October 23, 7:00 AM — Calgary. Alberta. "Breakfast TV," City TV Channel 8

October 23, 7:00 PM — Calgary. St. Germaine's restaurant, dinner with Sandstone representatives and civic leaders

October 24, 6-9pm — Calgary, Alberta, Calgary Petroleum Club

October 25, 12:00 PM — Calgary. University of Calgary speech to social sciences class

October 26, 9:30 AM — Denver. Press conference with Drug Policy Alliance on Zogby Poll re: cigarette prohibition movement

October 26, 1-2pm — Denver, CO, KBPI 106.7 FM Radio, The Uncle Nasty Show Interview to discuss the SAFER Ballot Initiative Prop 44 http://www.safercolorado.org/

October 26, 6-9pm — Denver, CO, NORML sponsored event in conjunction with SAFER initiative. http://safercolorado.org/

October 27, 11:00 AM — Denver. Governor's press conference announcing opposition to Amendment 44, multiple media interviews

October 27, 4:00 PM — Denver. "Right or Wrong! Caplis and Silverman," KHOW Radio

November 4, 9:00 AM-5:00 PM — Vancouver, BC, Fraser Institute

November 11, 9:00 AM — Seattle. Seattle Neighborhood Coalition, Greenhouse at Day's Inn

November 12 — San Diego. (death penalty discussion, TBA)

November 13, 6:00 PM — San Diego. San Diego State University, Guest Lecturer

November 15, 10:00 AM — San Marcos, CA. Filming for "Private Violence"

November 16, 2:00 PM — San Diego. Students for Sensible Drug Policy, SDSU

November 30, 12:15 PM. — Brooklyn. Interview with Rev. Al Sharpton, TV-1

December 11, 5 PM.. Sirius Radio, "The DeVore and Diana Show."

December 12, 10AM.. KVI, "The Commentators" with John Carlson and Ken Schram.

2007

February 12, 10:30 AM — Seattle. "Drugs and Society" class at University of Washington, Gower Hall, Rm. 301

February 13, 4:05 PM — Seattle. KIRO Radio, in studio

February 13, 6:00 PM — Seattle. "The War on Drugs" with King County Supervisor Larry Gossett and Rachel Kurtz of King County Bar Association, University of Washington, Hub Auditorium

April 20-21 — Chicago. University of Chicago, School of Law


May 14, 7:30 PM — Los Angeles. Marijuana Policy Project Party at the Playboy Mansion, Los Angeles

May 16, 6:00 PM — KBCS, 91.3 FM "Voices of Diversity" interview with Logic Amen.

May 17, 6:30 PM — Seattle. Rainier Valley Cultural Center, 3515 South Alaska, Defenders Association/Racial Disparity Project and 25 other agencies, "The Time is Now--to End the War on Drugs"

June 5 — 1:00 - 2:00 PM, interview on KKNW 1150 AM

June 15 — Mukilteo, WA. South Everett, Mukilteo Rotary, Everett Golf and Country Club

June 16 — Seattle. ACLU Biennial Conference, with Rick Steves and Angela Davis, University of Washington, Kane Hall

June 29 — Eastsound, WA. Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services of the San Juan Islands

July 10 — PBS Interview for documentary. "The Spirit of Seattle," Christopher Timm, director

July 18, 3:00 PM — Interview with Stephanie Faucher, Death Penalty Focus

July 27, 10:15 AM — WMET, Washington, D.C.. Interview with Tom deSaba of the Tom deSaba Show

September 5, 3:00 PM — Seattle. Seattle Metropolitan Magazine, photo shoot for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition

September 27, 1:15 PM — Seattle. Interview with Kevin Henry, KKNW 1150 AM.

October 2, 7:30 AM — Bellevue, WA. Eastside Domestic Violence Program, "Safe Passage Breakfast" Keynote

October 4 — Los Angeles. "Walk to Stop Executions," sponsored by Death Penalty Focus

October 4 — Los Angeles. Interview with Tidings, Official Newspaper of the Los Angeles Diocese

October 6, 1:55-2:45 PM — Seattle. Seattle University, "Men Speaking Out on Violence Against Women," Seattle Women's Commission

October 7 — Seattle. Intiman Theatre, "Open Dialogue: Empathy"

October 25 — Seattle. King County Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Keynote

October 30, 10:00 AM — Chicago Public Radio, "Chicago Police Department Policies and Practices"

November 11 - Eastsound, WA. Orcas Center, Annual Speaker and Conversation Series ("Crossroads"). Topic: The Case for Ending the Drug War

December 5 through 8 — New Orleans. Drug Policy Alliance International Conference.

December 13, 5:00 PM — Orcas Island. Amnesty International, "Norm Stamper Speaks on the Death Penalty."