2013 In Review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Folks from over 150 countries viewed this … More

How Do Your Police Measure Up?

I BELIEVE THE MAJORITY of people in America are not concerned about their police. After all, if they are white and middle to upper-class the only … More

Building Community Trust

In my recent testimony regarding proposed legislation in my state that would require outside review of police shootings I … More

Failing Cities

Justified Anger I wonder how many of us in cities throughout America can relate to what Alex Gee is saying … More

Hazing and Bullying in the Police Academy

Last week I read an article in the New York Times Magazine about police training in Atlanta. It reminded me … More

It’s BLUE FRIDAY!

HOLIDAY POLICE SPECIAL! You’ve Heard About Black Friday and Internet Monday… They’re now history. But today it’s BLUE FRIDAY and … More

The Importance of Police Accountability

Whenever police use deadly force there are always questions: “How do we really know what happened?” How can we trust … More

Coffee With a Cop

“Building trust with the community one cup at a time.” The following information comes from the e-newsletter of the COPS … More

So You Think You’re Great Police Leader?

Police Leaders: Now here’s your chance to see if you can lead a great police department further toward excellence — … More

Upstream-Downstream: Familiar?

One of the interesting fables I used I used in teaching leadership over the years was “Upstream-Downstream,” by Don Ardell (1975). … More