No longer “Sleepless in Seattle,”the city has woken up. In an historic settlement, a federal judge recently approved a…
“The Best of Our Knowledge” An Interview with Jim Fleming
As many of you know, I was Chief of the Madison, Wisconsin Police Department for more than twenty years. Though…
It Gets Better!
What is the “It Gets Better” Project? In September 2010, syndicated columnist and author Dan Savage created a…
What Needs to Be Done
I stumbled across an article from 2005 from sociology, my old field of study. At least one sociologist…
ON THIS WE STAND: Qualities of Police in a Free and Democratic Society
We are two former chiefs of police who are inviting our nation’s police, elected officials, community leaders, and concerned citizens…
Crazy Ideas about Police
Where did I get these crazy ideas about police? Over 40 years ago, when I took over the command of…
Training Police in Afghanistan
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…
The Great Manipulation
More on “jukin’ the stats. I first talked about this problem on this blog on May 24, 2012. And it’s…
How Would You Rate Your Local Police? And By What Criteria?
Well, it’s been almost thirty years since the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) published my first book, “How to Rate…
