Why the Book? (a video)

In 2012, way before Ferguson and too many other tragedies in policing and before the release of the President’s 21st Century Task Force, … More

Police Encounters: “Someone Has to Be the Adult”

“Citizens have a right to expect their police will practice unconditional respect toward them — no matter what … More

Police Versus Physicians This might not be a fair comparison, but stay with me… There are about 900,000 active physicians … More

How a Traffic Offense Can Be a Ticket to Prison Principles of Leadership Making Choices: The Moral Aspects of Policing … More

IMPROVING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CITIZENS AND POLICE Mike Scott is currently the director of the Problem Oriented Policing [POP] Center, … More

The Seven Seeds For Policing I first discussed the “Seven Seeds” at the annual PERF meeting in Washington, DC in … More

Chief Andy Mills of the Eureka (CA) Police Department has made the statement I believe communities need to hear from … More

Phoenix activist asks nation’s police chiefs for “empathy” [From the July 10, 2015 issue of “The Republic” by Megan Cassidy.] … More

I was shocked having run into the following statistics from a medium sized (300+) police department in a state capitol … More