During the late 80s and 90s I taught a three-day seminar on our experience in Madison and the new and collaborative style of leading police called "Quality Leadership." Much of this was modeled on the teachings of W. Edwards Deming, Tom Gordon, and Robert Greenleaf.
As we are about to go to the final press run, there is a change (for the better!) in the title:
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT:
SEVEN NECESSARY STEPS TO IMPROVE OUR NATION’S POLICE
Chapter One: What’s Wrong With Policing Today?
Chapter Two: Police History in the United States
Chapter Three: Madison’s Police History
Chapter Four: Can Police Really Change?
Chapter Five: Seven Necessary Steps to Improve Police
Chapter Six: The Problem of Handling Public Protest
Chapter Seven: The Problem of Willing Exchanges
Chapter Eight: Summary
Looks like we will have the book in hand by early March!
I served over 20 years as the chief of police in Madison (WI), four years as chief of the Burnsville (MN) Police Department, and before that as a police officer in Edina (MN) and the City of Minneapolis. I hold graduate degrees from the University of Minnesota and Edgewood College in Madison. I have written many articles over my years as a police leader. After retiring from the police department, I answered a call to ministry, attended seminary, and was ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church. After almost 30 years serving in and leading two Episcopal Churches in the Diocese of Milwaukee, I am "sort-of" in the process of retirement. Life is good.
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