The President’s Army or the People’s Police? When I took my first oath as a police officer in 1960, it … More
Tag: crisis
Wake Up! We Are in Trouble
American Policing is in Crisis—and the Answers Are Already on the Shelf! The third edition of my book, Arrested Development: … More
Can the Late Dr. Deming Help Police Out of their Crisis?
In the summer of 1980, NBC television aired an documentary that would change America. It was titled, “If Japan Can, … More
Why Trust in Police Has Been Eroded
The following article appeared on the Vox website December 10, 2015 and is a fair presentation of the situation in … More
Two Roads
The poet Robert Frost once wrote this about making choices: Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry … More
Officer: There’s Work to Do!
The Results of the AP-NORC Center’s July, 2015 Poll on Law Enforcement and Violence Black Americans are nearly four times as likely … More
Did Performance Measurement Cause America’s Police Problem?
Malcolm K. Sparrow, professor of public management at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, and one of my favorite … More
On the Advent of a Major Community Decision
I woke today with a heavy heart. This is the day our district attorney in Madison and Dane County, … More
A Needed Conversation
I follow police and the present crisis and this is what I hear from the community: “Stop the killing!” That … More
Enhancing Police-Community Relations
POWERPOINT LINK: https://www.dropbox.com/s/flu9x3r1cl4qn14/Judson%20University%20PCR.pptx?dl=0 The above Chinese characters represent the word “crisis.” Crisis comes from the combined characters of … More
Improving Police: A Necessary Conversation 