Training Police in the New Leadership In April, 1987, Sabine Lobitz and I wrote an article that appeared in … More
Category: police
Training Police
One of the things I learned very early on in my police career was that the training I received in … More
Community Policing in a Small, Changing City
The police department in Columbia Heights, Minn. is a small department, less than 50 sworn officers. It experienced a large … More
Architecture and Police Values
Polis and the Police Station Po·lis A city state in ancient Greece, especially as considered in its ideal form for … More
New Year’s Resolutions
Year 2016 Resolutions For Our Nation’s Police As a democratic police officer serving a free society, I resolve: 1. To … More
Unleashing the Power of Criticism
I found the following article in the January-February 2016 issue of the Harvard Business Review and immediately thought how this … More
Leadership is Managing Culture
The job of police leaders is to lead the organization’s core values and reinforce right attitudes. Policing is not only … More
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Police and Public Attitudes How a Traffic Offense Can Be a Ticket to Prison An Unusual Experience of Police Reform: … More
“Improving Police:” Summarizing 2015
On this site during 2015 there were over 270,000 visits and more than 700 posts published. The top five posts for 2015 … More
Improving Police: A Necessary Conversation 