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…

Police “Special Weapons and Tactics” Units/Teams (SWAT) One of the important tasks that a profession does is to examine its…

Employees are assets, not commodities! People matter. And there are perks to running a quality organization that puts people first…

In the old days, police and journalists worked together, each being somewhat dependent upon the other. At a crime, we…

This is post number TWO HUNDRED! And why not present an eternal question: does art portray reality or is it the other way around?…

I know, I know… some of you think that I am too critical of our police. Maybe. But in my…

Steve Elbow of the Capital Times in Madison, Wisc. wrote a follow-up on what’s been happening with the recently de-funded Problem…

POLITE POLICING Last month, newly-elected New York Mayor Bill de Blasio introduced seven principles that he said will increase officers’…

In Canada, there is an Association of Police Governance (CAPG). It is the only national organization dedicated to excellence in police governance.…