Lest We Forget: What Was the Madison Transformation? What Did We Learn?

The Chief of Change: David Couper and the Transformation of the Madison Police Department By Sophia Willer – Sep 13, … More

An App for Community Policing?

A Custom-Fit App for Community Policing 29 January 2018 [Ed. Note: The following article was sent to me by Prof. … More

DOJ Report on Milwaukee Police

  “Community policing means officers work with residents to solve problems… But  community policing was not an overarching strategy in … More

Another Chief Gets It!

“If you want to go right to the heart of the issues people are wrestling with in American cities today, … More

It’s Going to Take Continuous Improvement

Community-Oriented Policing involves a  discussion, and ultimately an endorsement, of how and when police will use force. One of the … More

Effective Community-Oriented Policing: Some History

Editors Note: The following post comes from an article Sgt. Lobitz and I wrote three years after our article “Quality … More

Chief Noble Wray on Policing

Some excellent remarks on the art of policing! I had the pleasure of working with Noble Wray when I was … More

One Way to Improve: Listen to Your Customers

Police: Survey Those Who Use Your Services This is a very important subject. How do we know how we are … More

What We Learned At Platteville: Part 5 of 5

  DAVID COUPER: “People and Police Together: A Wrap-up and Way Forward.” Chief of Police, Madison, WI for over 20 years, … More

Talking to Future Cops

What are criminal justice students thinking about today? Here are some question I received from students attending the 4-year degree … More