Retired Aurora police chief pens new book on reimagining policing

In “Reimagining Blue,” Kristen Ziman shares why she believes the policing system isn’t broken and can get better.

By Stephanie Kim
Retired Aurora police chief pens new book on reimagining policing
In this Monday, April 20, 2020, photo Aurora, Ill. then-police chief Kristen Ziman smiles as she poses for a portrait at her office in Aurora. The retired police chief published a new memoir about her lesson on leadership and her hopes for reimagining policing. Charles Rex Arbogast / Associated Press
Retired Aurora police chief pens new book on reimagining policing
In this Monday, April 20, 2020, photo Aurora, Ill. then-police chief Kristen Ziman smiles as she poses for a portrait at her office in Aurora. The retired police chief published a new memoir about her lesson on leadership and her hopes for reimagining policing. Charles Rex Arbogast / Associated Press

Retired Aurora police chief pens new book on reimagining policing

In “Reimagining Blue,” Kristen Ziman shares why she believes the policing system isn’t broken and can get better.

By Stephanie Kim
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After becoming a cadet at 17, Kristen Ziman rose through the ranks to become the first female police chief in the history of the Aurora Police Department. In that role, she met the biggest challenge of her career: responding to the deadly workplace mass shooting at Henry Pratt Company in 2019.

Reset talks to Ziman about the tough lessons she’s learned about policing after 30 years in the profession, and her role reviewing the mass school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

GUEST: Kristen Ziman, retired Aurora police chief; author of Reimagining Blue: Thoughts on Life, Leadership, and a New Way Forward in Policing