POLICE TRANSFORMATION: Change is Never Easy

POLICE TRANSFORMATION: CHANGE IS NEVER EASY! PART 5 of 10 Even when we know it’s for the good. We are … More

POLICE TRANSFORMATION: Where to Begin?

POLICE TRANSFORMATION: WHERE TO BEGIN? PART 4 of 10 I came to understand quite quickly that my leadership style was … More

Insider or Outsider: Which One Are You? Over the past year or so I have been an avid reader … More

POLICE TRANSFORMATION: IT BEGINS WITH YOU! PART 3 of 10 The narrative which follows is how I described the midpoint … More

POLICE TRANSFORMATON: Not Just One, But Many! PART 2 of 10 After Madison’s transformative steps in the early 1970s, I … More

POLICE TRANSFORMATION: WHY CHANGE? A Ten Part Series PART 1 of 10 A number of years ago, I was the … More

Here’s a good case study for police leaders who aspire to be transformational. The city is Albuquerque, New Mexico … More

An old friend, Neil Heinen, got me thinking again about Madison, Wisc. — a city we both love dearly and with whom … More

Last week, I wrote about Chief Chris Burbank who heads up the Salt Lake City Police Department. I described him … More

I have never met the guy but it seems like we came out of the same school of policing. Here’s … More