A Tale of a City, Police, and a Treacherous River When I speak to groups about leadership and improvement methods…
Changing a Troubled Police Department
Here’s a good case study for police leaders who aspire to be transformational. The city is Albuquerque, New Mexico…
“Praemonitus, praemunitus”
This month, Christopher E. Smith, a white college professor and attorney wrote a thought-provoking article in The Atlantic. I…
Showdown in Albuquerque
I have recently posted about three major police issues that I feel must be addressed if our nation’s police are…
Learning From Failure
I love to read the Sunday edition of The New York Times. It takes me a whole week to…
Police and the Mentally Ill: From Last Resort to First Resort?
Jim Chu, Vancouver chief of police and president of the Canadian association of police chiefs, recently told a unique gathering…
SWAT! — Is There a Problem Here?
Police “Special Weapons and Tactics” Units/Teams (SWAT) One of the important tasks that a profession does is to examine its…
People Matter, Employees Are People!
Employees are assets, not commodities! People matter. And there are perks to running a quality organization that puts people first…
Police v. Smartphones: A Fight Worth Fighting?
In the old days, police and journalists worked together, each being somewhat dependent upon the other. At a crime, we…
“Do What You Gotta Do?” Police, Media and Cultural Violence
This is post number TWO HUNDRED! And why not present an eternal question: does art portray reality or is it the other way around?…
