Boise Gets It

davidccouperJuly 7, 2015July 6, 2015Leadership, police

Mike Masterson recently retired after serving a decade as the chief of police in Boise, Idaho. Before going to Boise, Mike served many years with the Madison, Wisc. police and retired as a captain.

During his Madison career he was a leader in Community-Oriented Policing and Quality Leadership. He carried many of those ideas with him to Boise as the following video illustrates. This short video captures much of what I have been teaching over the years about the role of police in a democracy and the importance of true community-oriented policing.

In the past, I have identified a number of police departments that have come to my attention which “get it;” that is, they understand the role of police in a democracy and the importance of being community-oriented and upholding the values of our great nation.

I have highlighted Madison, Wisc., Kalamazoo, Mich. and Boise, Ida. Are there others out there? Let me know.

Published by davidccouper

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 calling for police improvement (for example, How To Rate Your Local Police, and with my wife, Sabine, Quality Policing: The Madison Experience). After retiring from the police department, I answered a call to ministry, attended seminary, and was ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church. At the present time, I serve a small church in North Lake (WI), east of Madison. Sabine and I have nine adult children, eleven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. She is also a retired police officer and we both continue active lives. View all posts by davidccouper

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Mark Bond says:

July 7, 2015 at 12:13 pm

Reblogged this on e-Roll Call Magazine.

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Gunther says:

July 12, 2015 at 10:19 pm

What would the Boise Police Department do if it had an Occupied Wall Street movement in the city and would they have obey their corporate masters in destroying the movement?

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