Parting Words

Over the years, poetry was a large part of my inner life. Recent years have found me sharing my deepest…

Welcome to “Improving Police.” Police Improvement is Possible. It Begins With You!

— Observations and experience of a veteran police chief from a 33-year career. — Studying and reflecting on the nature…

The Seven Steps Needed to Improve Our Nation’s Police The Seven Necessary Improvement Steps to Improve Our Nation’s Police These…

Sue Rahr, former elected Sheriff of King County, Washington, past director of state-wide police training, and friend of mine, recently…

A most pertinent, timely and historical article in the Baltimore Sun by friend and colleague Karl Bikel had been published…

View the incident HERE. Another iconic event in police malpractice. Black officers at fault? Why would Black police do this…

President Biden recently called for police officers in our nation to be retrained, asking them, “Why should you always shoot…

Two Oakland, Calif., police officers and a lawyer for one of the men at a 2002 trial at which the…

[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 — Crime, Guns, Race, and Bad Cops New York Times “America in Focus” staff members,…

As we enter the year 2023, let us seek new opportunities and possibilities for policing a free society… Few poemsi’ve…