How We Select and Train Police Matters! I invite you to watch this video. This type of police training is…
Building Trust: A Primer
Sometimes I scratch my head when the dialogue that should be happening in between police and the communities they serve…
Why Militarizing Police is a Very Bad Idea
Militarization Fails to Enhance Police Safety or Reduce Crime but May Harm Police Reputation Law school professors David Harris…
When is Enough Enough?
Isn’t enough, enough? The business of deaths by firearms is the business of police leadership. Across our nation there is…
Essential Questions for 21st Century Police
Having served as a police officer and leader during the last half of the 20th century I have some questions…
Empathic Policing
Some people are good at putting themselves in another person’s shoes. Others may struggle to relate. But many psychologists argue…
Chief Reuben Greenberg, Charleston, S.C.
Former Charleston Police Chief Reuben Greenberg remembered as groundbreaking, passionate [Ed. Note: I somehow missed this in 2014, another death…
Reflections from a Retired Chief
[Chief Don Hanna’s career in policing was well blessed: working the street four years, police chief 24 years in three…
An Alaskan Village Where Every Cop Has Been Convicted of Domestic Violence
Dozens of convicted criminals have been hired as cops in Alaska communities. Often, they are the only applicants. In Stebbins,…
What’s Your Dream?
I Have a Dream About Police — Do You? Over a half century ago in the midst of racial unrest…
