A Case Study on Policing

After reading this recent article in New York Magazine (May 19, 2013) about the stop and frisk controversy in New…

A Tribute to Women Police

I recently ran across a talk I gave nearly 15 years ago. It was on the 25th Anniversary of hiring…

“As the fog of our perpetual ‘war on terror’ descended again after the Boston Marathon bombings, veteran police chief David…

In 1960, when I first pinned on a badge, I was a “college cop”—on…

SELECTING POLICE OFFICERS “My vision for police is that they can be fair, effective and humanitarian. They can protect our…

BOOK SUMMARY: Arrested Development: A Veteran Police Chief Sounds Off About Protest, Racism, Corruption and the Seven Steps Necessary to…

MAYBE FIFTY YEARS WASN’T ENOUGH. It’s been that long since the day a shiny badge was first pinned on my…

In 1987, my wife and I were both serving as police leaders. I was chief in Madison and she was…

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

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