HOW ARE WE DOING IN POLICING? Still leaping forward? Forty-two years ago I gave a talk to the Madison Downtown … More
Month: April 2015
Beyond Ferguson (Slide Show)
I have developed a PowerPoint slide show of the public talks I have been giving about where our nation must … More
Police Shootings Down in Philly
Police gunfire ending in death is sharply down in Philadelphia as a result of department efforts to reduce the use … More
Top Posts Last Week
TOP POSTS (from the past week) Learning From #TonyRobinson Are You a Quality Leader? Making Choices: The Moral Aspects of Policing … More
Tension in Madison: Role of Police
Chief Says Madison Not a Ferguson The above is a recent interview (Apr/3/2015) in which I talk a bit about … More
Understanding Police Encounters
What is it that is missing in todays strained dialogue between blacks and police? Could it be empathy? (See Washington, … More
Freeing Our Nation’s Police
Police continue to struggle with four recurring and major obstacles that have literally “arrested” their development: Anti-intellectualism Violence. Corruption. Discourtesy. … More
Respect Preserves Dignity
One thing I tried to do as a police officer was to preserve the dignity of people … More
Improving Police: A Necessary Conversation 