Going from Good to Great — Possible?

“Good is the enemy of great.” — Jim Collins Can a police department be GREAT, not just “good?” Here’s my … More

This is Encouraging!

Yes, this IS encouraging! In my new book, “Arrested Development,” I discuss the importance of creativity, innovation, research, and the … More

Handling Protest: When Will We Ever Learn?

Since the days of the the labor and civil rights movements and through the era of the protests against the … More

Leaders, Where Art Thou?

Is this how improvement will come to our nation’s police — from the U.S. Justice Department — and not from … More

A Question for Today’s Chief of Police: Whom Do You Serve?

A Question for Today’s Chiefs of Police: Whom Do You Serve? Who should police chiefs serve? Their organization or the … More

Let’s Hear It Once More About How To Train Police

Training matters. In fact, it’s a critical factor in improving our nation’s police. Maybe I can’t get police leaders in … More

A Case Study on Policing

After reading this recent article in New York Magazine (May 19, 2013) about the stop and frisk controversy in New … More

A Tribute to Women Police

I recently ran across a talk I gave nearly 15 years ago. It was on the 25th Anniversary of hiring … More

Thinking about Boston

“As the fog of our perpetual ‘war on terror’ descended again after the Boston Marathon bombings, veteran police chief David … More

Is Improving Police an Impossible Task?

            In 1960,  when I first pinned on a badge, I was a “college cop”—on … More