Only One Institution Can Stop Federal Overreach: Your Local Police

This is the Moment! What Happens When They Come for You? Ask History I am sensing a growing danger in … More

A New Kind of Courage: Why Police Must Confront Federal Overreach.

Something extraordinary just happened in Minneapolis — something we have not seen from a major-city police chief in years. Chief … More

This Could Be Your Finest Hour!

Questions Every Police Leader Should Answer About Federal Immigration Enforcement When federal agents operate inside a city, the responsibility for … More

The Dismantling of Our Department of Justice

What Happens When Our Guardrails Fail? In the past few weeks, we Americans have been given a rare window into … More

The Bold-Faced Lie Behind the Raids

When less than 7% of those deported are violent offenders, the President’s “law and order” campaign isn’t about safety — … More

Speak Up! This Isn’t American Policing!

Picture: Masked federal immigration officers take the elevator at immigration court in Manhattan. David Dee Delgado/Reuters We Must Not Let … More

Loathing in Chicago

(The following is a summary of an article last week by Jamiles Lartey and Geoff Hing of The Marshall Project … More

A Tragic, But Probable Scenario

When Badges Confront Each Other A fictional scenario about accountability, restraint, and the uneasy future of democratic policing It began … More

Who Will Stop This Outrage?

What Happens When Law and Decency Collapse? As a retired police leader, I am outraged that our local government and … More

Police Are Constitutional Officers—Guardians of Our Republic

After more than thirty years in policing and an equal time in ministry, I have come to believe that the … More