Could you recommend some anti-police literature for a newbie?

This [link] has a really good collection of articles on alternatives to police and how to create a world without police.

Here are some more articles and books:

The police: the case against - Polite Ire

Rebellion against police violence - toward community defense, dual power and revolution - First of May Anarchist Alliance

Stop kidding yourself: the police were created to control working class and poor people - Sam Mitrani

Our Enemies in Blue - Kristian Williams

Kropotkin - Law & Authority

Angela Davis - Are Prisons Obsolete?

Foucault - Discipline and Punish; the Birth of the Prison