The Improvement Steps

Seven Police Improvement Steps ENVISION: The community must cast a bold and breathtaking vision to ensure a distinguished future for…

An Example of Police Learning

Professionals value mistakes. Not that they like to make them, but because mistakes are how one learns. Whether or not…

I had heard reports about the protest on the campus of the University of Missouri during the annual Homecoming Parade…

[The following are key excerpts from Capt. Jim Mellary’s recent article on the COPS website, “The Factor of WOW in…

Meet two of “Governing” magazine’s Top Fifteen Public Officials of the Year — a husband and wife police team working and…

How would we describe 21st century police officers? What are they like? What should citizens expect of them? Today’s police officers know deep-down…

Are consent decrees the way forward for police? [I have to admit that I have strong reservations about relying…

Last Spring, The Atlantic magazine did an extensive story on Cincinnati’s experience of signing a consent decree in order to…