IF EUROPE’S POLICE CAN, WHY CAN’T WE? A Systems-Thinking Case for Improving Police Use of Deadly Force [Executive Summary: Constitutional baselines…
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…
Giving Peace a Chance
This October my son and I joined a Veterans for Peace delegation for 25 days, nine cities, and 10,000 miles…
Can We Learn From China’s Police?
Presence Without Accountability: What a Month in China Taught Me About Policing _________________ I spent last October in China with…
A Former Top Cop Goes to China
I had the opportunity as a young grad student and street-cop-on-leave to study a number of European police departments and…
Restoring Trust and Support
Part Four: Getting Back on Course The good news about drift is that it can be reversed. A ship that…
When A Leader Leads
Part Three: What Should a Leader Say? After a fatal police shooting, most chiefs reach for the same script. They…
Institutional Drift
Part Two: What is Institutional Drift? Navigators have long worked by a rule of thumb called the one-in-sixty rule: a…
Off Course: A Four-Part Series for Improving Police
Part One: Can a Good Police Department Lose Its Way? I have spent more than sixty years in and around…
Sanctity of Life: Linchpin of Policing a Democracy
Our nation’s founding document does not begin its famous list with liberty. It begins with life. “Life, liberty, and the…
The Workbook That Built a Better Police Department
Quality Cops Start With Quality Leaders The New Quality Leadership Workbook for Police: Leadership and Improvement Methods This workbook grew…
User’s Guide to Police Performance
How to Rate Your Local Police: A User’s Guide for Civic Leaders, Governmental Officials, Concerned Citizens, and Police My earliest…
