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…
If I Had To Do It All Over Again…
Given what I know now and have experienced over the past 60 years, here’s what I’d do as head of…
Three Chiefs: On Policing
Here’s a recent podcast put together by current Madison(WI) Chief of Police Shon Barnes with yours truly and Retired MPD…
The Seven Improvement Steps: Still Valid!
The Seven Steps Needed to Improve Our Nation’s Police The Seven Necessary Improvement Steps to Improve Our Nation’s Police These…
Fear of Rejection Drives Cops’ Bad Behavior
Sue Rahr, former elected Sheriff of King County, Washington, past director of state-wide police training, and friend of mine, recently…
Police Amnesia
A most pertinent, timely and historical article in the Baltimore Sun by friend and colleague Karl Bikel had been published…
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…
Improving Police: A Necessary Conversation 