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What I’ve Learned About Leadership

What Being a Cop and Writing this Blog Has Taught Me About the Importance of Leadership With more than 1,600 posts … More

Constitution, democracy, growing-people, leadership, lessons learned, personal-development, police, power

When Police Become Soldiers, Democracy Dies

The President’s Army or the People’s Police? When I took my first oath as a police officer in 1960, it … More

Constitution, crisis, democracy, ezra-klein, fear, history, ICE, immigration, oath-of-office, policing, Radley Balko, repression

You Are at a Crossroads: Stand with the Constitution or With Cruelty

Without judicial warrants, ICE detainers are illegal. If you obey them, you betray your oath of office and destroy the … More

community oriented policing, Constitution, courage, duty, ethics, ICE, immigration, morality, politics, Rule of Law

Police Leaders: Do Not Become Trump’s Pawns

“Stop Attacking Our Cities to Hide Your Administration’s Failures.” — Boston Mayor Michelle Wu Mayor Michelle Wu was speaking to … More

Code of ethics, community oriented policing, Donald Trump, history, pawns, politics, resist, Rule of Law, the-constitution, Trump

Is This What We Are Becoming?

Take look at the video and article below from today’s Washington Post. As a former chief of police, I can … More

A Moral Challenge to Police in America

Will You Stand Between Your Community and Injustice? In a free and democratic society, the mission of police is clear: … More

Code of ethics, community-oriented, Constitution, ethics, ICE, immigration, moral-challenge, police, politics, Trump

Wake Up! We Are in Trouble

American Policing is in Crisis—and the Answers Are Already on the Shelf! The third edition of my book, Arrested Development: … More

books, continuous improvement, crisis, democratic policing, history, improvement, police

Winding Down in a Perilous Time for Policing a Free Society

I am getting tired. I think I have said here all that needs to be said. With masked ICE agents … More

David Couper, democracy, education, free society, history, ICE, masked-cj-agents, policing, political-danger

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