Let’s stop tiptoeing around the obvious. You cannot hand legal authority — the power to detain, to use force, to … More
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Look in the Mirror
Are You a Model for Modern Policing? Why Not? Across our nation, policing stands at a crossroads. Public trust is … More
A Call to Police Chiefs and Sheriffs
We are living through a constitutional stress test and it’s your leadership test. Our oath was never to a political … More
Loathing in Chicago
(The following is a summary of an article last week by Jamiles Lartey and Geoff Hing of The Marshall Project … More
Fear and Force in Chicago
And It’s Happening On Our Watch! In Chicago this week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents (ICE) reportedly pointed a gun … More
Turbulent History of the Politicized Minneapolis PD
Paradox: Echoes of Reform and the Minneapolis Police “Historian Yohuru Williams explores the history of reforming the Minneapolis Police and … More
Dialogue Policing
I have always looked for creativity, innovation, and growth in policing — the continuous improvement Dr. W. Edwards Deming taught so powerfully in the … More
A Tragic, But Probable Scenario
When Badges Confront Each Other A fictional scenario about accountability, restraint, and the uneasy future of democratic policing It began … More
Who Will Stop This Outrage?
What Happens When Law and Decency Collapse? As a retired police leader, I am outraged that our local government and … More
How Deming Changed the Way I Saw Police Work
In my years as a police chief, I searched for a way to make policing both more humane and more … More
Improving Police: A Necessary Conversation 