Model Police Departments: An idea whose time has come? In 1966, under President Lyndon Johnson’s “Great Society” and “War on…
“Star”Chiefs and Police Reform
How Some Police Chiefs Are Like LeBron James and Why That’s Bad for Cities Last week, Mayor Rawlings-Blake replaced her…
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TOP POSTS LAST WEEK: Boise Gets It How a Traffic Offense Can Be a Ticket to Prison Making Choices: The…
The Drug War Poisons Community Policing
Events in Ferguson expose US law enforcement’s longstanding abandonment of its founding ethical principles. Rebuilding relationships with the people we’ve…
More Allies For Police Reform
Institutional Racism in Police Departments – P.B.S Panel Discussion Sgt. Cheryl Dorsey, Capt. John Mutz and Officer Alex Salazar…
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LEARNING ABOUT CHANGE AND IMPROVEMENT There are over 500 posts on this website which I developed four years ago to…
Six Minute Primer On Slavery in America
Our national problem is racial bias — conscious and unconscious. We study history, it is said, so that we do…
Boise Gets It
Mike Masterson recently retired after serving a decade as the chief of police in Boise, Idaho. Before going to Boise,…
Aligning Police Values With Those of Our Nation
As we celebrate our nation’s birthday this holiday weekend it might be a good time to review what we as…
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Top Posts (the last week) What Citizens Need to Hear From Their Police Making Choices: The Moral Aspects of Policing…
Improving Police: A Necessary Conversation 