The Future: Part IX

Future of Policing Essays: American Policing in 2022 Part IX During the next few weeks I will be publishing excerpts … More

How’s This Blog Doing?

It’s going on four years now that Improving Police has been published. The purpose of this blog was to generate … More

The Future: Part VIII

Future of Policing Essays: American Policing in 2022 Part VIII During the next few weeks I will be publishing excerpts … More

The Future: Part VI

Future of Policing Essays: American Policing in 2022 Part VI During the next few weeks I will be publishing excerpts … More

The Core of the Police Role

     Use of Force is the Core of the Police Role Sociologist Egon Bittner (1921-2011) once described the core … More

The Future: Part V

Future of Policing Essays: American Policing in 2022 Part V During the next few weeks I will be publishing excerpts … More

The Future: Part IV

Future of Policing Essays: American Policing in 2022 Part IV During the next few weeks I will be publishing excerpts … More

The Future: Part III

Future of Policing Essays: American Policing in 2022 Part III During the next few weeks I will be publishing excerpts … More

Kerlikowske on Crowds and Police

Here is an insightful and deep interview this past week of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowske … More

The Future: Part I

In 2012, the COPS Office in the U.S. Department of Justice published a series of essays on the future of … More