A while back, Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier announced she wanted to start a book club of sorts, and now, the date of the book club discussion has been finalized. On Thursday, May 1, at a location yet to be determined, the Chief will host a public discussion of pop-sociology books The Tipping Point and Blink by Malcolm Gladwell.

Sadly, the invitation doesn’t make it seem like the Chief necessarily wants to keep the book club going over the long term — it would be pretty sweet to eventually unpack some classic pieces of literature with the city’s top cop. Also, we have a feeling if Lanier started an actual, regular book club, she’d be on Oprah in no time flat. In reality though, Lanier says she wants to use these particular two books as a way to reach out to residents and get a discussion going about how the police and D.C. citizens can work together to improve public safety.

If you’d like to attend Chief Lanier’s book discussion, she’s asking that you RSVP to this Evite. You can purchase a copy of both books through Amazon.com, or pick them up at a local library. And if for some reason you didn’t read both of these books when everyone else did back in 2005, we’d recommend actually reading the books if you go. Showing up and trying to fake your way through it will probably be less charming with a woman who carries a gun than with a bunch of goofball recent college grads.