"In Red Alert , Kent Roach provides a rigorous and timely analysis of the existential crises facing the RCMP. The book's evidence-based blueprint for institutional reform makes it a significant contribution to public policy and an essential text for scholars and practitioners concerned with the future of Canadian justice. Red Alert is an indispensable wake-up call about the need for systemic reform of Canadian policing." --Richard Jochelson, University of Manitoba "As a First Nations person and a former Court of Appeal judge, I have lived at the intersection of Canadian law and its often-painful history. I thought I knew the story of the RCMP--but Red Alert is a revelation that left me distressed and, at the same time, somewhat optimistic. For anyone who cares about justice, truth, and the soul of this country, Roach's words are a haunting, necessary must-read." --Hon. Harry S.

LaForme, Indigenous Lawyer "The past decade has seen countless reports calling for reform of the RCMP yet very little has changed. This book shines a spotlight on this colossal failure to act. In addition to laying bare the many problems within the RCMP, Kent Roach outlines practical and achievable pathways to change. Red Alert is a wake-up call that has the potential to spark broader demands for change and force real action at last." --Naiomi Metallic, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University "Kent Roach, uses his finely tuned analytic scalpel, via a focus on the RCMP, to provide a trenchant analysis of challenges facing public policing today. He offers an insightful vision that reimagines Canadian policing, both 'high' and 'low', as multi-nodal and multi-tiered. Implementing this vision, as Roach makes clear, will require tenacity, foresight and the courage to confront deeply entrench and deeply partisan vested interests." --Clifford Shearing, Universities of Cape Town, Oxford and Toronto, and the Australian National University "A thoughtful and comprehensive blueprint to reimagine RCMP and Indigenous policing in Canada.

" --David M. Tanovich, University of Windsor.