Making Choices: The Moral Aspects of Policing (This post has been the most popular for the past year!) Why Police Matter … More
Month: November 2015
The Improvement Steps
Seven Police Improvement Steps ENVISION: The community must cast a bold and breathtaking vision to ensure a distinguished future for … More
An Example of Police Learning
Professionals value mistakes. Not that they like to make them, but because mistakes are how one learns. Whether or not … More
A Leadership Test: What Would You Do?
I had heard reports about the protest on the campus of the University of Missouri during the annual Homecoming Parade … More
“Wowing” Police Customers in Kalamazoo
[The following are key excerpts from Capt. Jim Mellary’s recent article on the COPS website, “The Factor of WOW in … More
Cops Can Make a Difference
Meet two of “Governing” magazine’s Top Fifteen Public Officials of the Year — a husband and wife police team working and … More
Top Posts Last Week
Why Police Matter An Unusual Experience of Police Reform: The Republic of Georgia How a Traffic Offense Can Be … More
21st Century Police Officers
How would we describe 21st century police officers? What are they like? What should citizens expect of them? Today’s police officers know deep-down … More
More About Consent Decrees
Are consent decrees the way forward for police? [I have to admit that I have strong reservations about relying … More
Fixing a Broken Police Department: The Cincinnati Experience — Part 4 of 4
Last Spring, The Atlantic magazine did an extensive story on Cincinnati’s experience of signing a consent decree in order to … More
Improving Police: A Necessary Conversation 