Welcome to the Police Academy!

I have this dream, I am back in uniform heading up a police department. I am addressing a recruit class…

The End of My Dream?

No matter what happens in November, no matter who becomes our nation’s leader, the reform and improvement of policing in…

This kind of situation Minneapolis police are facing is similar to what many city police departments are facing across our…

I would imagine most community leaders, including police, are trying to sort out just what happened after May 25th, 2020,…

Passion… Patience… Persistence… Consistence (and Love!) Simon Sinek seems to have capture the essence of leadership in his many talks…

“Do something completely outside the box. Convene a meeting at police headquarters. Invite people from outside your agency…” Chuck Wexlter,…

“A civilized society does not permit unidentified, untrained persons to carry firearms in and about a public demonstration.” I have…

[Note: I served over 20 years as Madison’s chief of police. This is a big change. While I have argued…

The following is an email exchange between me and woman I hired a number of years ago (I am posting…

“Attorney General William Barr claims that American policing does not suffer from institutional racism. Any Black officer will tell you that isn’t…