Has Use of Deadly Force by Police Changed? A Post-Ferguson Report

“I see no evidence of a seismic shift in accountability among the 18,000 state and local law enforcement agencies scattered … More

The Passing of Police Reformers: “Where have all the flowers gone?”

“Unless the mission of our police is re-defined to be that of a ‘servant leader,’ ‘life saver,’ or ‘champion of … More

Summarizing the Platteville Conference

On September 16th, the 2nd Annual Conference on 21st Century Policing met again on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Platteville … More

Platteville Policing Conference: Tentative Agenda

2nd Annual Midwest Conference on 21st Century Policing: Building Trust and Legitimacy University of Wisconsin – Platteville Friday 16 September, … More

Use of Deadly Force: Now is the Time to Move Forward

The time for all of us to work together to rebuild police trust and legitimacy in our nation and reduce … More

Another Chief Gets It!

The Final Word from the PERF Report on Re-engineering Training Police Chief Michael Chitwood of Daytona Beach is interviewed by … More

Restructuring Police Use of Force Training

As a very early member of the newly-formed Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) in the 1970s, I was greatly pleased to … More

Keep Your Eye On the Policing Task Force

  It’s important to stay on top of what the Presidential Task Force on 21st Century Policing is doing. What … More

Looking More Deeply Into Ferguson

A recent article by Dan Berry of the New York Times pointed out some of the deeper impacts on not … More

An Open Letter to Members of the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF)

The Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) will be hosting a meeting next week (September 16-17) in Chicago titled, “Defining Moments … More