As we approach the end of 2015, I am re-posting the TEN most popular posts during the year:
Michael Bell’s son was shot and killed by police in Kenosha, Wis. Bell’s collective action using the money he won in a civil action led to the passing of a new law in Wisconsin which required the outside investigation of police shootings.
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. After 25 years leading two Episcopal Churches in Portage and North Lake, Wisconsin, I now serve as Associate Pastor in a growing, dynamic, and Spirit-filled Lutheran congregation in nearby Black Earth. After losing Sabine, my wife of 40 years to cancer, I met Christine, a retired nurse and widow. We were blessed to find love again and married in 2021.
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I can’t think of one single reason why anyone should trust police to investigate themselves but a hole lot of reasons why we shouldn’t allow them to do so
#1: Conflict of Interest
#2: Personal, Political & Police Liabilities
#3: Damage to their image & reputation
#4: Lose the confidence of the public
#5: So, its Better to lie about it all
Like I said I can’t think of one reason why Police should be allowed to investigate themselves, destroy evidence & obstruct Justice.
Improving Police: A Necessary Conversation 
Reblogged this on Shediac1981; A Blue Wall of Silence.
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I can’t think of one single reason why anyone should trust police to investigate themselves but a hole lot of reasons why we shouldn’t allow them to do so
#1: Conflict of Interest
#2: Personal, Political & Police Liabilities
#3: Damage to their image & reputation
#4: Lose the confidence of the public
#5: So, its Better to lie about it all
Like I said I can’t think of one reason why Police should be allowed to investigate themselves, destroy evidence & obstruct Justice.
Except to cover up the matter
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Yup. You got it.
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