By Police Officer Caroline Edwards From The New York Times, Dec. 18, 2022, 6:00 a.m. ET [My Note: Too often the mistakes…
What Happened in Boise?
What Can We Learn From the Dismissal of a Police Chief? One of my close colleagues, Mike Masterson, retired from…
An Open Letter to Our Nation’s Police Leaders
I don’t know when or where I first picked up the idea that mistakes are learning opportunities, but I did.…
Two Years After George Floyd’s Murder, What Happened to the Movement?
[Editor’s Note: The following article coincides with my thinking about what happened over two years ago when the murder of…
“We’re Not Coming Back…”
Join Tom Mosgaller as he travels to visit me on my farm in south-central Wisconsin. As many of you may…
Why Uvalde Matters
Uvalde matters because this is the time when our nation’s police need to restore public trust; without it, police cannot…
Police Mental Health Crisis: How to Respond
We all saw it coming, didn’t we? The weekly, sometimes daily, event of a questionable use of deadly force by…
Why Did He Die?
Police officers in Colorado shot and killed a terrified young man whose car got stuck in a dirt road after…
Case Study: The Cleveland Consent Decree
There has been an excellent journalistic investigation released today by the Marshall Project of the multi-year federal oversight of the…
Preventing Suicide
National Officer Safety Initiatives PREVENTING SUICIDE AMONG LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS: AN ISSUE BRIEF [Editor’s Note: This month is Suicide Prevention…