Loathing in Chicago

(The following is a summary of an article last week by Jamiles Lartey and Geoff Hing of The Marshall Project … More

Growing Better Together

There a Right and Wrong Way of Improving Police in America Recently, a former police chief and current criminal justice … More

When Police Become Soldiers, Democracy Dies

The President’s Army or the People’s Police? When I took my first oath as a police officer in 1960, it … More

We Are Becoming a Nation of Fear — And That Must Stop

ICE Agents in Philadelphia — Fox News Nothing alarms me more than the executive branch using cruelty as a political … More

Weaponizing the Polygraph

Weaponizing the Polygraph: Betraying Law Enforcement Principles As a longtime police chief who has dedicated his life to improving law … More

De-ICE-ing the Police

ICE partnerships with local law enforcement triple as Trump continues deportation crackdown 467 current ICE agreements with another 63 pending! … More

Officer, When the Going is Tough, the Tough Get Going!

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE I know things are tough out there on the street. It’s no … More

Courage: It’s More Than You Think

“The mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty; from the Latin “cor “– heart.* Courage, … More

Another Cop Speaks Out

The following is an interview with Michael Wood, Jr. on The Slate. Wood is a medically-retired Baltimore police officer with … More

The Fear Factor in Policing

After three decades in policing and two of them as a chief officer, I find myself in the ranks of … More