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…
Let’s Face It!
If we are to preserve this fragile thing called American democracy we are going to have to become a little…
Struggling with Shadow
“Institutions prefer loyalists and ‘company men’ to prophets. We’re uncomfortable with people who point out our shadow or imperfections…” The…
How Are You?
This is one of the most important questions a leader can ask. But far more importantly is to be able…
Kids and Cops: School Resource Officers
In the 18th century, Scottish poet Robert Burns wrote “the best laid plans of mice and men often go astray.”…
A Sergeant’s Briefing
Ed. Note: I was recently asked with regard to some questionable behavior from a group of police officers what I…
Managing Police Use of Deadly Force: Where Are We Now?
I ran across a most interesting podcast from Prof. David A. Harris on his site, “Criminal (In)justice” concerning where we…
Apology: Necessary for Both Personal and Organizational Effectiveness
I have written about the importance of apology (and its sought-for state of forgiveness) over 10 times on this…
“Officer, is this what you really think about us?”
I have been reading through the years a number of on-line comments allegedly posted by police officers. It got me…
