An Unusual Experience of Police Reform: The Republic of Georgia

Police reform in the Republic of Georgia seems to go against everything I know about reforming police (with the exception … More

Becoming a Different Kind of Leader

What is the new leadership? Is your boss doing it? Are you? In my new book, I outline the process … More

When learning happens in the police field we should all shout for joy. I am referring to the more “soft … More

I wrote the following piece in 1990. It was published that year in the American Journal of Policing. … More

No longer “Sleepless in Seattle,”the city has woken up. In an historic settlement, a federal judge recently approved a … More

As many of you know, I was Chief of the Madison, Wisconsin Police Department for more than twenty years. Though … More

What is the “It Gets Better” Project? In September 2010, syndicated columnist and author Dan Savage created a … More

I stumbled across an article from 2005 from sociology, my old field of study. At least one sociologist … More

Where did I get these crazy ideas about police? Over 40 years ago, when I took over the command of … More

Dr. Catherine Norman from the US Center for Naval Analysis released her latest research from Helmand Province in Afghanistan. Entitled … More