Let’s stop tiptoeing around the obvious. You cannot hand legal authority — the power to detain, to use force, to … More
Tag: education
Becoming a Learning Organization
During my 20+ years as Chief of Police in Madison, Wisconsin, I led a department that became nationally known for … More
Improved Policing Through Higher Education
How Many U.S. City Police Agencies Require More Than a High School Education for Entry? The Answer Should Shock You! … More
Winding Down in a Perilous Time for Policing a Free Society
I am getting tired. I think I have said here all that needs to be said. With masked ICE agents … More
The War on DEI Is a War on American Values!
In Defense of Affirmative Action and DEI: Standing Up for Justice in a Diverse America This Is What Democracy Looks … More
Policing: A Black Cop’s Perspective
[Ed. Note: Major Hughes is from the generation that followed me after I retired in 1993. He began his career … More
Creative Ideas
The following creative ideas come from Djohariah Singer from Middleton, MD. She is someone who has spent a lifetime in … More
Chief Reuben Greenberg, Charleston, S.C.
Former Charleston Police Chief Reuben Greenberg remembered as groundbreaking, passionate [Ed. Note: I somehow missed this in 2014, another death … More
When Police Education Fails
If the mission of police education is to prepare students to be liberally (broadly) educated, intellectually mature, ethically aware, and … More
What Happened to Police Education?
There isn’t a single U.S. university that can claim (with a straight face) to have a serious commitment or … More
Improving Police: A Necessary Conversation 