A Note to the 600,000 Men and Women Who Police Our Nation I was recently asked what I would do … More
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.
Waiting for an Answer
I don’t know about you, but I hear a loud question coming out of the many protests surrounding our uses … More
Don’t Eliminate — Re-Imagine!
Now is the time to re-imagine our police I am not in favor of eliminating or de-funding police. I want … More
Officer, When the Going is Tough, the Tough Get Going!
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE I know things are tough out there on the street. It’s no … More
Time to Re-imagine Your Police
I put together a short video on this important topic as many cities across America consider de-funding/eliminating their police departments. … More
Do You Understand What’s Going On?
Officers, do you understand what is going on? You can no longer be silent. The Facebook post linked below is … More
Chief, What Do You Have to Say?
This is what we stood up and said in a 1992 press release after police in Los Angeles viciously beat … More
A Black Judge and White Cop Sound Off
“‘Until we change, we’re going to keep revisiting these events year after year after year,’ says David Couper, former police … More
On Leadership
I do almost daily “Walk in the Woods: short videos on a variety of topics that come up during this … More
Walking in the Woods and Thinking About Police
Here’s one of my “Walk in the Woods.” In it, i think about police, my years with them, and my … More
