Beyond the Badge: A Biography

[Note: Time marches on. As a mid-way octogenarian, I wanted to share my life with others so that what I … More

Infidelity: The Moral Relapse of American Policing

Infidelity. Unfaithfulness to a moral obligation, trust, or duty; disloyalty. I write this in my mid-80s. I have practiced the … More

[Note: I greatly enjoy getting comments from readers. Somehow, they are few and far between. Yet my November 18th blog, … More

[The excerpted article below comes from a November 28, 2923 story in the New York Times by Natasha Frost, reporting from … More

“To Protect and Serve…” Never forget that police have the opportunity to do good — to make bad things to … More

[Note: Integrity matters — and matters greatly in policing. We all know that the policing function is effective and much … More

Recently, one of my readers asked about the facts surrounding the death of George Floyd in the spring of 2020. … More

[Note: As I have strongly written in the past, we the people need to REIMAGINE policing. The murder of George … More

When Policing Goes Right A Personal Story and “Customer Feedback” As most aging, white people, I have had little contact … More

I have been writing and commenting on police matters since 2011 after I retired from a 33 year career in … More