I am wishing all those who follow “Improving Police” have a time to reflect and to envision a world at peace and filled with peacekeepers — among whom, I place my sisters and brothers in policing.
Regardless of your spirituality, religious preference, or “just plain trying to be a nice person,” this can and should be a blessed time of year for each and everyone of us.
For me, the existentialist goal is “continuous improvement.” It begins within one’s self, radiates to friends, family and co-workers and then participates in changing the world around us.
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 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 Mazomanie.
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I am wishing all those who follow “Improving Police” have a time to reflect and to envision a world at peace and filled with peacekeepers — among whom, I place my sisters and brothers in policing.
Improving Police: A Necessary Conversation 
Thank you, David
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