About The Book

Assistant Chief of Police: Commanding Change provides a practitioner-driven blueprint for modernizing law enforcement under high-pressure conditions. Drawing from his transformative tenure in Memphis, Shawn L. Jones chronicles a full overhaul of crime-fighting strategies, data-driven accountability, and organizational culture.

This gripping memoir explores the “outside force” needed to break structural stagnation while navigating intense internal resistance and political challenges. Through candid storytelling, Jones delivers key lessons on building trust and sustaining integrity during a crisis. It serves as a definitive masterclass for today’s public safety leaders.