Another Cop Speaks Out

The following is an interview with Michael Wood, Jr. on The Slate. Wood is a medically-retired Baltimore police officer with … More

Another Police Leader “Gets It!”

[The guest post today is by Radley Balko who blogs about criminal justice, the drug war and civil liberties for … More

I received the following comment from a police officer in Sweden after my recent post “Using Force: A Reflection and … More

What People Want (and Expect) From Police A recent survey shows how Americans feel about the job police are doing … More

The Results of the AP-NORC Center’s July, 2015 Poll on Law Enforcement and Violence Black Americans are nearly four times as likely … More

A Good Idea Gone Bad “In our age there is no such thing as ‘keeping out of politics.’ All issues … More

Early on in my police career I came to see that how one uses force – from verbal direction to … More

How did this ever happen? I have been asked this question from time to time and I have a theory. … More

In 2012, way before Ferguson and too many other tragedies in policing and before the release of the President’s 21st Century Task Force, … More