Still Dreaming

Dreaming Years ago as a young police officer, I had a dream. The dream was about a new kind of…

Keep Your Eye On the Policing Task Force

  It’s important to stay on top of what the Presidential Task Force on 21st Century Policing is doing. What…

How to Rate Police: Misconduct and Civil Rights

MISCONDUCT Is the police agency willing to investigate and discipline officers engaging in misconduct?  If a police agency is to…

Case Study: Albuquerque

  Albuquerque, NM: A Case Study The following excerpts are from Rachel Aviv’s story on Albuquerque and their police on…

How to Rate Police: Hiring

Does the police agency select the best qualified individuals to be police officers and its leaders? The extent to which…

Who Will Lead Us Forward? Where Are the Young Turks?

How many rank and file police officers sent commentaries into the 21st Century Task Force on Policing? No, I’m not…

Top Five Posts Last Week

  Top Posts (the past week) The Case For Apology ON THIS WE STAND: Qualities of Police in a Free…

Police, Mindfulness and Suffering

The following post contains an audio interview between former Madison police officer and Buddhist dharma teacher Cheri Maples who teaches…

How to Rate Police: The Chief

The following excerpt is from my new book: How to Rate Your Local Police: A New and Revised User’s Guide.…

How to Lead Change

  Collaboration and info sharing is an important and on-going function of a police leader. To illustrate this point, Chief…