Will Police Take This First and Necessary Step?

Sabine Lobitz and I wrote the following article for our nation’s police leaders in the late 1980s to draw attention to … More

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

SELECTING POLICE OFFICERS “My vision for police is that they can be fair, effective and humanitarian. They can protect our … More

BOOK SUMMARY: Arrested Development: A Veteran Police Chief Sounds Off About Protest, Racism, Corruption and the Seven Steps Necessary to … More

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted … More

This is blog number 100! Since I began this journey of “getting the word out” about how police can and … More

Maybe we all need to take a deep breath and step back from the conflict between “liberals” and “gun righters.” … More

In the 1980s, the Madison (Wisc.) Police Department moved forward with a new leadership style replacing the old, military-based, coercive … More

Elected Police Commissioners in the UK Soon, folks throughout the UK will elect their first police and crime commissioners (PCCs). … More

Back on August 31st, I mined up an old piece I wrote back in the ’90s about the future of … More