Reimagining Blue
Thoughts on Life, Leadership, and a New Way Forward in Policing
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4.8 • 4 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Reimagining Blue is a passionate and personal analysis of a misunderstood profession from the vantage point of female police chief Kristen Ziman.
Ziman credits her colorful childhood for the temperament that led her to gravitate toward policing, a profession where chaos is all in a day’s work. Many times, she learned life and leadership lessons through the revelation of what not to do.
But nothing could have prepared Kristen for the turmoil that would unfold during her tenure. A mass shooting, a pandemic, and civil unrest that threatened the trusting relationship between her department and her community became her greatest professional challenges.
This deeply moving memoir is a story of resilience and perseverance in policing—and in life. It’s a raw and honest portrayal told by a flawed human about a noble profession suffering an identity crisis. Reimagining Blue is an urgent call to find a way forward, not because the system is broken, but because it can always be better.
Customer Reviews
A raw and loving revelation of a life and a profession
With clarity, honesty, and a deep love for the profession, Chief Ziman lays bare the current state of policing, and what needs to change for it to regain its legitimacy. Weaving her personal journey from daddy’s barroom, to police cadet, wife, mother, and chief, Kristen Ziman fills the pages with lessons on commitment, compassion, leadership, integrity, and loyalty. She does what must be done, but few are willing to do to improve this noble calling; she honestly and brutally dissects it. She praises and admires those practitioners and leaders who do the job with respect, fairness, and compassion, while offering a sharp rebuke and course correction to others who have wrongly taken it down a selfish and harmful path. If policing wants to restore the public’s trust, it should use this book as its template. Well done, Chief Z!