Stand Up! Be An Ally for Reform!

QUALITIES OF POLICE IN A FREE AND DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY: A PETITION We are two former chiefs of police who are … More

Listening to Police and Citizens

[Ed. Note: I have taken the liberty of editing and abbreviating the following paper by Alex Salazar and John Mutz … More

Restructuring Police Use of Force Training

As a very early member of the newly-formed Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) in the 1970s, I was greatly pleased to … More

What Americans Need to Hear From Their Police

In case our nation’s  police leaders simply don’t know what to say, are stimied and failing to understand the crisis … More

Top Posts Last Week

Top Posts Visited (during the past week)   Principles of Leadership How a Traffic Offense Can Be a Ticket to … More

In Celebration of My 600th Post

To mark this event I am offering a FREE download copy of my book, Arrested Development: A Veteran Police Chief … More

Let’s Get This: Community-Oriented Policing is the Only Way to Police a Democracy!

The following is my radio interview with Ann Fisher of WOSU radio in Ohio on August 11th. Among other things, … More

Five Years — 600 Posts!

        This is my 600th post since October, 2011. Among other things, you can find the following here: … More

The Courage to Police

[Posted on August 6, 2015 by Chief Andy Mills of Eureka, Calif. [Ed. Note: Chief Mills retired as a captain … More

Reimagining Policing in the U.K.

  Chief Constable Sara Thornton argues that the twin challenges of changing requirements and cost pressure mean that police in … More