The Ombudsman: A Way Forward For Your City?

There seems to be a growing amount of urban conflict today between police and community members. It can predictably happen…

Can and Should Police Investigate Themselves?

Of course, the question of self-regulation is not only relevant to the police but applies to every institution of power…

I first described “Seven Seeds for Policing” at the annual meeting of the Police Executive Research Forum in Washington, DC…

My first book, How to Rate Your Local Police, was published by the Police Executive Research Forum in 1983. It was a…

You probably did a double-take on the title of this blog – the Joy of Policing! But I am serious.…

UPSTREAM-DOWNSTREAM Once upon a time there was a fishing village along a mighty river. The villagers there were a fine,…

MANY YEARS AGO, I was a young police officer, just out of the academy. My partner and I, also a…

The Power of Police Subculture An Excerpt From “Arrested Development” “Years ago as a young police officer, I remember finding…

The department that I headed for over 20 years is coming under attack regarding the shooting of an unarmed intoxicated…

Being moral is to make good choices between right and wrong or good and bad actions. It applies to both…