A pressing question facing both police and the communities they serve is how did police move so quickly from this…
A “Deep Dive” into Traffic Enforcement: Mission, Policy & Training
Chuck Wexler, a longtime friend and Executive Director of the Police Executive Research Forum, recently sent this excellent “deep dive”…
Customer Surveys: A Necessary Step to Regain Trust and Respect
San Diego Union-Tribune: San Diego rolling out online survey to track opinions on public safety and policing “In a bid…
Minneapolis: A Case Study
“Defund/Eliminate the Police!” This is what happens when we fail to make needed changes in how we police our towns…
An Error in Police Training
“Looking into the future, the number of fatal shootings of citizens by police (which have remained steady since Ferguson) must…
How Others See Us!
The following video illustrates many of the problems facing police improvement in America — topics I have written and spoken…
History in the Making: The Experimental Police District
Take a look at this link. It is democratic police history in the making from the mid-1980s in Madison, Wisconsin…
Shame! Shame!
This was mayhem and it is difficult not to believe it was agitated and coordinated before January 6, 2021 —…
Learning About Policing Others: At Home and Abroad
How is policing a city in America like our military action in Afghanistan? You may not see the similarities, but…
Leadership: What I’ve Learned
I first became a leader when I was twenty years of age. I was promoted to corporal, then sergeant, a…
