The Thin Blue Line in the Crossfire: Who Do We Truly Serve?

The streets of Minneapolis and their surrounding suburbs have become a theater of chaos. As a retired police chief with…

Watershed: A Poem

When Arguments Fail, Poets Must Act We are living through a watershed moment in our nation—a time when the “acrid smoke” of…

Renee Good: Now What Must Be Done

Our City. Our Standards. Standing Together Against ICE Incursions The city in which I led police for two decades is…

If Not Now, When?

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE POLICE LEADERS OF AMERICA: THE TIME IS NOW AN OPEN LETTER TO THE POLICE LEADERS…

ICE: Get Out of Our Cities!

The Death of a Poet and the Collapse of the Professional Police Model I have spent more than 30 years…

An Urgent Warning!

History will not ask if this moment was comfortable. It will ask if our local police leaders did their duty…

When Viral “Fake News” Becomes Federal Policy

In our modern digital landscape, professional policing faces an unprecedented and corrosive burden: the “digital-to-federal feedback loop” This has been…

Reporting on 2025

As We Begin a New Year Together at Improving Police As this year comes to a close, I want to pause…

Fear Is Not Public Safety

AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn Why Chief O’Hara’s Message Matters Now Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara recently published an op-ed titled “Fear Undermines…