Seven Seeds that Still Need to Grow

David CouperMarch 29, 2018March 31, 2018Uncategorized

Years ago, the “FBI Bulletin” published the comments I made at the time of my retirement, “Seven Seeds for Policing.”

In it, I described what needed to be planted and nurtured in order to advance policing in our nation —

“Leadership, Knowledge, Creativity, Problem solving, Diversity, Control of force, and Community policing.”

They all apply today.

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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. View all posts by David Couper