QUALITIES OF POLICE IN A FREE AND DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY: A PETITION We are two former chiefs of police who are…
Listening to Police and Citizens
[Ed. Note: I have taken the liberty of editing and abbreviating the following paper by Alex Salazar and John Mutz…
Restructuring Police Use of Force Training
As a very early member of the newly-formed Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) in the 1970s, I was greatly pleased to…
What Americans Need to Hear From Their Police
In case our nation’s police leaders simply don’t know what to say, are stimied and failing to understand the crisis…
Top Posts Last Week
Top Posts Visited (during the past week) Principles of Leadership How a Traffic Offense Can Be a Ticket to…
In Celebration of My 600th Post
To mark this event I am offering a FREE download copy of my book, Arrested Development: A Veteran Police Chief…
Let’s Get This: Community-Oriented Policing is the Only Way to Police a Democracy!
The following is my radio interview with Ann Fisher of WOSU radio in Ohio on August 11th. Among other things,…
Five Years — 600 Posts!
This is my 600th post since October, 2011. Among other things, you can find the following here:…
The Courage to Police
[Posted on August 6, 2015 by Chief Andy Mills of Eureka, Calif. [Ed. Note: Chief Mills retired as a captain…
Reimagining Policing in the U.K.
Chief Constable Sara Thornton argues that the twin challenges of changing requirements and cost pressure mean that police in…
Improving Police: A Necessary Conversation 