From Zero to Blue, Creating the Iraqi Police Service: Lessons Learned

About the Book

This book contains techniques and procedures required to build a police force from scratch. The processes in this book were derived from personal experience gained during Operation Iraqi Freedom I and II regarding Iraqi Police Service development. The purpose of the book is to serve as a template for United States (U.S.) military planners if the need ever arises to re-establish a collapsed police force. Like U.S. Army doctrine, this book is a guide and must be modified to fit the uniqueness of the situation at hand.  Because the task of rebuilding an entire police force is much too complicated to cover in one volume, this book focuses specifically on what are considered to be the most important aspects of "what and why" – leaving future staff officers to focus on the "how" in regard to their unique police development missions.

About the Author

 Robert Byrd served two tours during Operation Iraqi Freedom as a battalion executive officer, division provost marshal/operations officer for CPATT.  He is currently assigned to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, with the 16th Military Police Brigade (Airborne). In March of 2006, he assumed command of the 503rd Military Police Battalion (Airborne).  He is a native of McAlester, Oklahoma