What will policing look like in Trump’s America?

“I am worried, very worried. I am worried we will forsake our quest for social, economic and racial fairness and that … More

Most Popular Posts This Year

Since 2011, “Improving Police” has published over 900 posts, received 400,000 visits from 130 countries around the world, and now … More

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How a Traffic Offense Can Be a Ticket to Prison Coming: The Post-Policing Era? Why Police Matter From the U.K.: … More

Pre-Arrest Diversion: The Future of Policing

“It is important to realize there is a big difference between bad people who do bad things that hurt people … More

Thinking About the Coming Year

As a student and practitioner of public leadership for many years, I find the election of Donald Trump, to be … More

From the U.K.: A “Professionalized” Police Needs to Maintain Core Skills

Higher education for Police has been one of the main themes of this blog. Here’s what’s happening in the United … More

What Needs To Be Done and Done Now!

The members of PERF (Police Executive Research Forum) proposed in their “30 Guidelines on Police Use of Force” that the … More

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Principles of Leadership Why Police Matter How a Traffic Offense Can Be a Ticket to Prison Making Choices: The Moral … More

What’s On My Reading List?

Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality. —Warren Bennis In preparing to teach a new course on campus this … More

An Epidemiological Approach to Crime

A good friend of mine who is quite familiar with crime and criminal justice alerted me to this article that … More