Let’s stop tiptoeing around the obvious. You cannot hand legal authority — the power to detain, to use force, to … More
Tag: college degree
How to Attract Police Applicants — Especially Today!
How would you go about attracting the best police candidates to your city and police department? Here are some examples: … More
Chief Reuben Greenberg, Charleston, S.C.
Former Charleston Police Chief Reuben Greenberg remembered as groundbreaking, passionate [Ed. Note: I somehow missed this in 2014, another death … More
From the U.K.: A “Professionalized” Police Needs to Maintain Core Skills
Higher education for Police has been one of the main themes of this blog. Here’s what’s happening in the United … More
What Should You Expect From Your Chief of Police?
This past week I received a call from a journalist in San Francisco. He asked me if I thought a … More
Another Interview
Interview with Retired Police Chief and Author David Couper by Charles Sipe on February 15, 2012 We had the great … More
We Need Educated Cops!
Why Cops Need College Degrees When I began walking the beat, I didn’t have a college education. When I went … More
Improving Police: A Necessary Conversation 