Celebrate Police Learning!

When learning happens in the police field we should all shout for joy. I am referring to the more “soft…

A Note From a Cop in the Future

I wrote the following piece in 1990. It was published that year in the American Journal of Policing.…

No longer “Sleepless in Seattle,”the city has woken up. In an historic settlement, a federal judge recently approved a…

As many of you know, I was Chief of the Madison, Wisconsin Police Department for more than twenty years. Though…

What is the “It Gets Better” Project? In September 2010, syndicated columnist and author Dan Savage created a…

I stumbled across an article from 2005 from sociology, my old field of study. At least one sociologist…

We are two former chiefs of police who are inviting our nation’s police, elected officials, community leaders, and concerned citizens…

Where did I get these crazy ideas about police? Over 40 years ago, when I took over the command of…

Dr. Catherine Norman from the US Center for Naval Analysis released her latest research from Helmand Province in Afghanistan. Entitled…

What sort of police and organization do we need to make the effective handling of those who are mentally ill…