Murder in Minneapolis

In three decades of wearing the badge of a city cop, training the next generation, and leading police, I have … More

How Long Will Our Protectors Wait?

This morning, I’ve been thinking about the heavy sense of isolation and powerlessness that many of you are carrying. I … More

Today, I am addressing the institutional conflict that exists between the largest nation police union in the United States — … More

To My Brothers and Sisters in Blue: To you who wear the badge across America today: We are at a … More

The streets of Minneapolis and their surrounding suburbs have become a theater of chaos. As a retired police chief with … More

When Arguments Fail, Poets Must Act We are living through a watershed moment in our nation—a time when the “acrid smoke” of … More

Our City. Our Standards. Standing Together Against ICE Incursions The city in which I led police for two decades is … More

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE POLICE LEADERS OF AMERICA: THE TIME IS NOW AN OPEN LETTER TO THE POLICE LEADERS … More

The Death of a Poet and the Collapse of the Professional Police Model I have spent more than 30 years … More

History will not ask if this moment was comfortable. It will ask if our local police leaders did their duty … More