On Night in Minneapolis

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

Setting the Tone, Casting a Vision

A few months after the spring election in 1973, and seven months into the job,…

I came to Madison in December of 1972. Bill Dyke was the mayor and not very happy with my appointment.…

In my book I have a section about my vision for police in America. The biblical admonition “Where there is…

Have you ever heard about continuous improvement? Of course you have. Most every religious or spiritual system has this value…

I must add this important piece from today’s New York Times about “stop and frisks. The numbers are staggering. The…

There’s an old saying, “Liars figure and figures lie.” When I think of that old saying, I think of our Uniform…

David Couper, veteran police chief writes about his experience leading the Madison Police Department for over two decades and changing…

As we are about to go to the final press run, there is a change (for the better!) in the…

We, as a nation, have waged a long and costly “war” on drugs. We have done so almost in spite…