“‘Until we change, we’re going to keep revisiting these events year after year after year,’ says David Couper, former police chief of Madison. In the wake of George Floyd’s murder in Minneapolis and the increasing demands to reform or even abolish the police, Ali Muldrow [WORT Radio] hosts a timely roundtable conversation about policing in Madison with Rev. David Couper and Judge Rev. Everett Mitchell, who is known in the community for his restorative justice work.
“Over the course of the hour, they talk about youth justice, the kind of policing Madison wants and deserves, use of deadly force, officers in schools, racism in the criminal justice system, alternatives to the current model, and more.”
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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