— Observations and experience of a veteran police chief from a 33-year career. — Studying and reflecting on the nature…
Memphis!
View the incident HERE. Another iconic event in police malpractice. Black officers at fault? Why would Black police do this…
A Very Good Question!
President Biden recently called for police officers in our nation to be retrained, asking them, “Why should you always shoot…
Police Reform: Impossible?
Two Oakland, Calif., police officers and a lawyer for one of the men at a 2002 trial at which the…
Cops and Their Unions
[My Note: As a police chief, I tended to support police unionization of my officers in order to give them…
How 11 Cops See America
How 11 Cops See America — Crime, Guns, Race, and Bad Cops New York Times “America in Focus” staff members,…
A Poem
As we enter the year 2023, let us seek new opportunities and possibilities for policing a free society… Few poemsi’ve…
A Personnel Crisis: Let’s Not Squander the Opportunity!
Okay, there’s a crisis in American policing, but as we know a crisis is a mix of danger and opportunity.…
Cops and Unions
[My Note: As a police chief, I tended to support police unionization of my officers in order to give them…
“I Was A Capitol Police Officer on January 6th!”
By Police Officer Caroline Edwards From The New York Times, Dec. 18, 2022, 6:00 a.m. ET [My Note: Too often the mistakes…
What Happened in Boise?
What Can We Learn From the Dismissal of a Police Chief? One of my close colleagues, Mike Masterson, retired from…