Time to Think, Time to Reflect

We all need to take time to reflect on our lives and what we do. It should be a frequent … More

“Arrested Development” – 2nd Edition!

Arrested Development: A Veteran Police Chief Sounds Off…– 2nd Edition Order now at http://www.createspace.com/7306775 and get at 30% discount off the … More

Most Active Posts Last Week

Seven Top Posts of the Past Week Principles of Leadership Why Police Matter Making Choices: The Moral Aspects of Policing … More

Learning From Medicine?

My wife is a nine-year cancer survivor. When she was diagnosed, her physicians gave her a survival rate of one … More

When Legal Choices Aren’t Moral

We would hope and expect the choices our police make are morally based. In light of the grief and anger … More

A New Trend Emerging?

I like to look for emerging trends. In “Arrrested Development,” I describe how 19th century wagon train leaders had to … More

Applied Systems Thinking

Systems-thinking comes from the field of system dynamics and allows people to understand social systems in the same way people … More

Thinking About Philando Castile

“As a nation, we should be working to prevent these deaths from happening. Both the recent Task Force on 21st … More

It is Police Who Protect Our Civil Rights

Jeff Sessions, officers must serve Constitution over upbringing and culture (Photo: Horace Cort, AP) By David C. Couper May 4, … More

A Note to Police Leaders

In the firestorm of recent American politics, and living in this post-Ferguson era, you are going to have to assess … More