Spokane, WA – July 19, 2025 – After a decade of law enforcement service, global deployments, and high-stakes security leadership, Christopher Armitage, a U.S. Air Force veteran and security consultant, is calling for a renewed focus on ethics and accountability in modern law enforcement and public safety strategy.
Drawing on a career that spans military operations, corrections work, and law enforcement leadership, Armitage has emerged as a national voice on security reform. His newly released book, The New Blue, provides a comprehensive look at law enforcement culture, ethics, and public policy, combining real-world experience with a vision for a more transparent, service-oriented system.
“Accountability and integrity are not optional in modern policing—they’re essential to trust, effectiveness, and safety,” says Armitage. “We don’t need to choose between security and ethics; we need to lead with both.”
A Grounded, Informed Perspective
Armitage’s professional background includes service in the United States Air Force as a Base Defense Operations Controller, Presidential Security Team Leader, and Security Manager, with deployments across Argentina, India, Kuwait, the UAE, and the continental U.S. After military service, he spent nearly a decade in civilian law enforcement and corrections, gaining firsthand insight into the challenges faced by officers, agencies, and communities alike.
His operational expertise is paired with an extensive academic background, including an M.S. in Homeland Security, an Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice/Police Science, and ongoing study toward a B.A.Sc. in Chemistry. Armitage’s combination of tactical, ethical, and scientific training positions him uniquely to address the growing tension between security operations and civil liberties.
Research-Driven Solutions
Beyond his fieldwork, Christopher Armitage has contributed original scholarship to the security and public policy community. He has authored two peer-reviewed research articles, one exploring the use of emerging technology in anti-human trafficking efforts and another examining the gap between law enforcement officers’ self-perceived deception detection abilities and their actual performance, highlighting critical flaws in investigative training and methodology.
His research underscores a recurring theme in his work: the urgent need for evidence-based reform, especially in areas related to officer training, investigative accuracy, and ethical decision-making under pressure.
Advancing the Conversation Through Policy and Practice
In The New Blue, Armitage draws upon all aspects of his career to offer constructive, actionable guidance for improving public safety systems. The book is not an attack on law enforcement but a practitioner’s call for reform, focused on transparency, trauma-informed leadership, community trust, and systemic accountability.
His consulting practice reflects this same philosophy. Working with private and public institutions, Christopher Armitage advises on disaster preparedness, physical security policy, and ethical frameworks for high-risk environments—helping agencies shift from compliance-oriented models to principled, adaptive strategies rooted in public trust.
Leadership That Listens
As the lines between domestic policing, national security, and global risk management continue to blur, Armitage stresses the need for a new generation of ethical leaders in the field. His work is less about finger-pointing and more about empowering those within the system to lead differently—with courage, humility, and clarity.
“True leadership doesn’t ignore the problems,” he writes. “It confronts them with integrity and a plan.”
In a field where reputations are shaped as much by perception as by policy, Armitage’s voice offers a grounded and urgent message: reform must come from those who know the system best and are willing to make it better.
