I am a life member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police and also a member of the Police … More
Tag: deadly force
A Higher Standard For Policing
As a current member of the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) I was invited to attend this meeting in Washington … More
Branding Your Department: Can You Do This?
Building a Solid Police Brand In the business world we hear a lot about “brand;” that is, the perception customers have … 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 If It’s the Barrel and Not the Apples?
With regard to the often criminal use of deadly force by police we hear that the cause is “bad apples” … More
New Year’s Resolutions
Year 2016 Resolutions For Our Nation’s Police As a democratic police officer serving a free society, I resolve: 1. To … 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
Using Less-Than-Deadly Force: The Traumatic Pistol
American police must start to creatively think “outside the box.” Let me say this and say it forcefully: The killing … More
Why Do American Police Kill So Many?
[The following article by Paul Hirschfield, Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Rurgers University was originally published in … More
Needed: A Blue Reformation
As a pundit[1] for the past two decades, I find myself finally realizing what I had hoped for when I … More
