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.

If Asia Can, Why Can’t We?

https://boingboing.net/2019/01/21/using-pikes-to-confront-and-im.html “Let’s think about ways to handle these incidents without having to use deadly force!” I ran across the above … More

Uses of Force: A Much-Needed Discussion

It’s about time cops sit down with each other and start a serious discussion about reducing the uses of deadly … More

An American Looks at European Police — 1971

“Long periods of pre-service training, great concern about individual freedom, less concern over enforcement of public morality, strict controls over … More