On State of Policing 5 Years After the Death of George Floyd

The following is a deep discussion and analysis into what has been happening in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis and /St. … More

On Selecting a Chief of Police

In the 1980s, I wrote the following in my publication, How To Rate Your Local Police. The following is from … More

The number of people killed by the police has risen every year since the murder of George Floyd in 2020. … More

Lest We Forget. Today the Trump Administration pulled back from years of local police oversight that had been ordered by … More

“These are just a handful of events from the past week that, viewed together, seem to paint a picture of … More

ALERT! After a tour in the Marines, I became an urban police officer. I did so because I thought serving … More

These guys were masked, too! The Ku Klux Klan wanted to make America “white” again — their kind of white … More

I have posted on this blog for almost 14 years now. It began after a 33-year city police career in … More