Part Badge, Part Tights: All Hero

Brian Kinnaird is an internationally recognized scholar, author, and trainer in criminal justice and social psychology. As a commissioned law enforcement officer, Kinnaird served as Deputy Sheriff in Ellis County, KS where he held assignments in field training, use of force instruction, and tactical team operations. Following almost a decade of police duty, Kinnaird went on to serve as a tenured professor, director, and department chair of Justice Studies at Fort Hays State University. He continues to teach university courses and train law enforcement officers & agencies. Kinnaird earned his Ph.D. in human services/criminal justice from Capella University preceded by a B.A. in sociology and M.L.S. in criminal justice. Kinnaird is published in a wide variety of outlets including peer-reviewed journals, books, book chapters, and trade publications. He is a Policy Fellow with the Docking Institute of Public Affairs and has had policy work featured as best practices by the International Association of Chiefs of Police and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Brian Kinnaird is the author of Use of Force: Expert Guidance for Decisive Force Response; Exploring Police Liability Profiles: Proximate Cause Analysis of Police Misconduct in the San Francisco Police Department; and, Part Badge. Part Tights. All Hero. The book description of Part Badge. Part Tights. All Hero says, “Metropolis and Gotham City have always had watchful guardians. Comic book civilizations are full of them—extraordinary people who choose to share their authentic gifts to help others. Superheroes, as pop culture symbols of justice, have long been known in our law enforcement community to be a source of inspiration and moral guidance for a life served to protect. From Superman and The Lone Ranger to our men and women in blue, Brian Kinnaird examines the spirit of heroism and the human instinct to seek order and meaning in a dangerous world where today’s superheroes wear a badge and gun.”