A Note From a Cop in the Future

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

Can Seattle Police Be Reformed?

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

What sort of police and organization do we need to make the effective handling of those who are mentally ill … More

More on “jukin’ the stats. I first talked about this problem on this blog on May 24, 2012. And it’s … More

Well, it’s been almost thirty years since the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) published my first book, “How to Rate … More