The following is a proposal from the Minneapolis-based Committee for Professional Policing. It bears strong consideration as we move forward…
A Necessary Professional Discussion
A focus on police-involved deaths of 153 unarmed people in 2015. David Krajicek of The Crime Report does a great…
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Parsing the Ferguson Encounter
Last year, there were about 1,000 officer-involved police shootings (OIS) and, by all accounts, they continue at about the average…
Slow Learning in a Fast Age
Do you want to know what drives me to distraction in the field of policing? It’s our seemingly inability to…
Whatever Happened to Problem-Oriented Policing?
There is no doubt in my mind that the Problem-Oriented Method of policing is the way forward for our nation’s…
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Policing’s Body of Knowledge?
One of the marks of a profession is that it has a “body of knowledge;” that is, a collective of…
Walmart Security: You Pay the Bill
An excellent article on retail shoplifting from the Tampa Bay Times that’s worth a discussion. It reminded me of the…
Walking the Line
Being too ‘blue’ can make one blind to other colors. It’s often a fine and narrow line police chiefs must…
Improving Police: A Necessary Conversation 