Now More Than Ever: How to Rate Police

“The police chief should be a visible and accessible leader who thoughtfully strives to improve the effectiveness of police services. … More

Communit(ies)-Oriented Policing

Policing a Democracy is Community-Oriented Policing: Accept no substitutes! In the late 1980s and early 1990s, there was a major … More

Yesterday, President Obama met with a number of rank and file officers in his office. Yes, community-oriented policing got … More

Journalists Kate Abbey-Lambertz and Joseph Erbentraut provide some hope for us in their article, “How America’s Police Forces Are Solving … More

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

Ever wonder what I am talking about when I mention community-oriented policing? Well, here’s a good, real-life example. The following is … More

This police officer gets it! OTHERS can be policing with dignity, respect and fairness. Read the following piece by … More

Community Policing is how a free society is to be policed. Period. Why is there still resistance to it? Why do … More

I wrote the following piece in 1990. It was published that year in the American Journal of Policing. … More