Inside 20 Years of Federal Police Probes

I have mentioned in the past that I am re-thinking the use of federal consent decrees initiated by the Department … More

More About Consent Decrees

Are consent decrees the way forward for police? [I have to admit that I have strong reservations about relying … More

Beyond Ferguson (Slide Show)

I have developed a PowerPoint slide show of the public talks I have been giving about where our nation must … More

Case Study: Albuquerque

Albuquerque, NM: A Case Study The following excerpts are from Rachel Aviv’s story on Albuquerque and their police on … More

Racial Reconciliation and Truth-Telling

NOW MORE THAN EVER! Back in 2012, few of us would have thought that one of the pressing and immediate … More

Police Change in Ferguson and Portland — Are There Better Ways?

In Ferguson, police are trying to improve while operating under crisis conditions. In Portland, police are trying to improve while … More

Changing a Troubled Police Department

Here’s a good case study for police leaders who aspire to be transformational. The city is Albuquerque, New Mexico … More

Trashing the POP Center

Feds Trash the Problem Oriented Policing Center: Another Example of Anti-Intellectualism (among other things…) One of the push-backs I occasionally receive from my … More

Leaders, Where Art Thou?

Is this how improvement will come to our nation’s police — from the U.S. Justice Department — and not from … More