Author: David Couper

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 almost 30 years serving in and leading two Episcopal Churches in the Diocese of Milwaukee, I am "sort-of" in the process of retirement. Life is good.

Cops and Traffic Tickets

This week the New York Times published an extensive review into the governmental practice of using police traffic enforcement as … More

Must it be what it is?

[While I am mostly retired after writing this blog for the last 12 years, I occasionally am moved to share … More

The Golden Years

I have written in the past about the fantastic decade of police and overall government, educational and private sector improvement … More

What Must Be Said!

The third edition of my book, “Arrested Development” is now available on Amazon. It completes a process I began in … More