Top Posts (the past week)
- The Case For Apology
- ON THIS WE STAND: Qualities of Police in a Free and Democratic Society — An Invitation to Our Nation’s Chiefs of Police
- Why Police Matter
- Making Choices: The Moral Aspects of Policing
- Thinking Outside the (Blue) Box
- Hazing and Bullying in the Police Academy
- Principles of Leadership
Published by David Couper
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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Improving Police: A Necessary Conversation 