Take a look at this link. It is democratic police history in the making from the mid-1980s in Madison, Wisconsin … More
Author: improvingpolice
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 calling for police improvement (for example, How To Rate Your Local Police, and with my wife, Sabine, Quality Policing: The Madison Experience). After retiring from the police department, I answered a call to ministry, attended seminary, and was ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church. At the present time, I serve a small church in North Lake (WI), east of Madison. Sabine and I have nine adult children, eleven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. She is also a retired police officer and we both continue active lives.
Shame! Shame!
This was mayhem and it is difficult not to believe it was agitated and coordinated before January 6, 2021 — … More
Learning About Policing Others: At Home and Abroad
How is policing a city in America like our military action in Afghanistan? You may not see the similarities, but … More
Leadership: What I’ve Learned
I first became a leader when I was twenty years of age. I was promoted to corporal, then sergeant, a … More
Facing What Needs To Be Faced
The “Red Door Project” in Portland, OR needs to be presented in your home town. Why? Because it talks about … More
Good Policing in a Racist World
After George Floyd’s life was extinguished and watched by millions of people throughout the world, I needed to add another … More
Police and Mandatory Covid Vaccination
Kevin Forestieri of the Mountain View Voice reported on differences in vaccination rates among emergency services providers in the Palo … More
Never Forget What Happened on January 6, 2021!
I say this because while I had some idea from network news what happened on that fateful date. A day … More
Tangled Up In Blue!
A friend of mine recently sent me a copy of Rosa Brooks’ new book, “Tangled Up in Blue.” Such a … More
Put Your Values into Practice
One thing is deeply needed in policing today — putting the important core values you hold into your practice of … More
