The most active post during the past week was the piece on the “Blue Wall of Silence” and its negative effect on police accountability and professionalism. “Making Choices” continues to be, week after week, one of our top viewed posts along with leadership and police training topics.
Enjoy this blogsite and use it to help improve the delivery of police services in our society whether you are a deliverer or receiver of those services!
Remember, dialogue and discussion are always encouraged!
The Blue Wall of Silence- How a Traffic Offense Can Be a Ticket to Prison
- Why Police Matter
- Making Choices: The Moral Aspects of Policing
- Principles of Leadership
- Hazing and Bullying in the Police Academy
- What Does It Mean to Be Anti-Police?
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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