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My wife has been a cancer patient for the past eight years. This experience has, of course, placed us solidly … More

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Being Black and Blue Why Is This So Difficult? What Should You Expect From Your Chief of Police? Why Police … More

What It’s Like to Be a Black Police Officer Published on LinkedIn on July 27, 2016 and re-posted here … More

In the historical novel, Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett describes the lives and struggles of those who built the … More

The problem with policing in America is more than getting rid of a few “bad apples.” In fact, with over … More

“There are many more police leaders like me, who are committed to improving the integrity of our systems, but we … More

This past week I received a call from a journalist in San Francisco. He asked me if I thought a … More

[Ed. Note: I first posted this Letter last year. Things weren’t going well for police then. Since that time, I … More

Why it’s worth it: Change, unrest offer opportunity for new cops David Couper, Reposted from March 28, 2016 in USA … More

A Former Police Chief: Put Down the Big Stick [Ed. Note: Republished from my July 8, 2016 post on Progressive.org/news.] … More