The Murder of a Police Officer — A Response

I just received this note from Chief Mike Masterson of Boise. It is a positive direction that many cities can…

The Murder of a Police Officer

Towards the end of my police career, and a couple of years before my retirement, one thing continued to worry…

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted…

This is blog number 100! Since I began this journey of “getting the word out” about how police can and…

Maybe we all need to take a deep breath and step back from the conflict between “liberals” and “gun righters.”…

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH: CONTROLLING FIREARMS I have restrained myself from commenting on the Newtown tragedy until I have had some…

Just Because We Can, Should We? The Legal-Moral Balance of Policing An all too familiar story from one of our…

In the 1980s, the Madison (Wisc.) Police Department moved forward with a new leadership style replacing the old, military-based, coercive…

THE SEVEN IMPROVEMENT STEPS [An excerpt from chapter seven of the book Arrested Development: A Veteran Police Chief Sounds Off About…

THE FOUR OBSTACLES WHICH HAVED TENDED TO ARREST OUR NATION’S POLICE [An excerpt from the preface of the book Arrested Development:…