THE BOOK TOUR BEGINS!
Yesterday I was on one of our local radio stations doing a book interview with Brenda Konkel, a fomer member of the Madison City Council and criminal justice major. We had some good comment and questions.
You can hear that interview by going to www.wort-fm.org and click on “archives” in the upper right-hand corner for the March 5th interview (it should be available for the next 90 days). Listen to it or download the entire interview on line.
Then last night it was off to Lodi, Wisc. for a forum with community members at First Lutheran Church (put together by my dear friend and colleague Pastor Mike Lee). We had about 40 folks show up and we took a number of orders for signed copies of the book.
If you are interested in getting your copy EARLY you can come to First Lutheran next Monday, March 12 at 7 p.m. and receive a 20% discount and have a signed copy delivered to your home as soon as the first shipment comes in (early April).
At this second session in Lodi, I will be discussing how the “seven steps” in my book can not only apply to police but to your workplace as well.
The OFFICIAL book signing tour begins on April 14th at The Book House in Minneapolis on 4th St. S.E. in Dinkytown near the U of M campus.
The following week, I will be in Madison at the Room of One’s Own Bookstore at State and Johnson Streets.on Thursday, April 19 at 6:30 p.m.
The book tour then goes like this:
Arcadia Books in Spring Green, Saturday, April 21 at 3 p.m.
Prairie Books in Mount Horeb, Thursday, April 26 at 7 p.m.
Village Booksmith in Baraboo, Saturday, April 28 at 3 p.m.
Crossroads Coffee House in Cross Plains, Thursday, May 3 at 7 p.m.
St John’s Episcopal Church in Portage, Saturday, May 5 at 3 p.m.
Stop by. Say hello. Have some treats and conversation!
Improving Police: A Necessary Conversation 
I just finished your book, Arrested Development, and liked it. You left me very impressed with what you had accomplished in Madison, some of which I was previously aware of and some not. I agree with your leadership philosophy/style and most of what you have to say.
After reading your book I dug out my copy of the Task Force Report: The Police (1967), I don’t seem to throw anything away, and am beginning to reread it. It is sad how little some things have changed and where there was some change the regression that is now taking place.
I believe that we are now beginning to see a decline in the community policing movement and are entering the dark ages of policing. It is my hope that this next period will pass quickly and that I will be around to see the renaissance.
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Thanks, Karl, for your comments. I sure hope we are not headed for a new “dark ages” in policing but I, too, think there are some unsettling trends that may be going on regarding excessive militarization, technology over people, and a general lack of community contact and accountability. It was national fear of crime and the worrisome civil rights movement in the 1960s that drove a presidential commission on law enforcement and the administration of justice. So far, I don’t sense a upswing of desire for police to change. Why? Those that have power/position/money are not often affected by day to police operations. Those that are have little power to do anything about it. Such as it is. But I remain hopeful… one day, one day…
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