Socially Contracting a Dream

While talking with a number of clergy in Minneapolis about their city and their police (of which I was once … More

Dreaming

“Dream: A cherished aspiration, ambition, or ideal” In 1990, I wrote a piece for the American Journal of Police. … More

Dreaming Years ago as a young police officer, I had a dream. The dream was about a new kind of … More

I would like to hear what police officers today think about their future. What is their vision of it? How … More

An old friend, Neil Heinen, got me thinking again about Madison, Wisc. — a city we both love dearly and with whom … More

I hope you do not think that I am saying or suggesting that our nation’s police have not improved? They … More

I wrote the following piece in 1990. It was published that year in the American Journal of Policing. … More