Failing Cities

Justified Anger I wonder how many of us in cities throughout America can relate to what Alex Gee is saying…

Hazing and Bullying in the Police Academy

Last week I read an article in the New York Times Magazine about police training in Atlanta. It reminded me…

HOLIDAY POLICE SPECIAL! You’ve Heard About Black Friday and Internet Monday… They’re now history. But today it’s BLUE FRIDAY and…

Whenever police use deadly force there are always questions: “How do we really know what happened?” How can we trust…

“Building trust with the community one cup at a time.” The following information comes from the e-newsletter of the COPS…

Police Leaders: Now here’s your chance to see if you can lead a great police department further toward excellence —…

One of the interesting fables I used I used in teaching leadership over the years was “Upstream-Downstream,” by Don Ardell (1975).…

It’s been over a year now since Prof. Michael Scott and I asked police leaders to “sign on” to support what…

Here is a novel and very creative idea to approach the problem of bad policing which can cost a…

I hope you do not think that I am saying or suggesting that our nation’s police have not improved? They…