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Tom Nolan

Visiting Associate Professor, Emmanuel College

Tom Nolan
Tom Nolan is a visiting associate professor of sociology at Emmanuel College. He served 27 years in the Boston Police Department before retiring as a uniformed lieutenant. Later, he served as Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at the Department of Homeland Security in Washington, D.C.
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Police Militarization Has Fostered a Culture that Sees Protesters as ‘The Enemy’

I served 27 years as a police officer, I have observed this militarization firsthand, and studied how it affects confrontations.

  • Tom Nolan, The Conversation
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Stop Arming the Police Like a Military

Protect and serve? The post-war message to American communities is being received loud and clear: 'You are the enemy.' By Tom Nolan

  • Tom Nolan