How a Traffic Offense Can Be a Ticket to Prison

How can a traffic offense get you a ticket to prison? The answer is, “Quite easily if you’re poor!” Let’s … More

Seven Steps For Ferguson

If the people of Ferguson, Mo. are going to recover and move forward they will have to follow seven necessary … More

Dateline: New York Times — Ferguson, Mo. By Julie Bosman and Joseph Goldstein: AUG. 23, 2014 “Just after noon on Saturday, Aug. … More

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

Last Friday, I talked with Fredericka Fryburg on the Wisconsin Public Television show, “Here and Now” about Ferguson, its causes, … More

With Ferguson still “on fire,” it may be helpful to look to a similar situation that happened in Cincinnati in … More

Dear Fellow Police Leaders — Brothers and Sisters, It sadly seems to take a Ferguson or other nationally-exposed incident to … More

Talk about déjà vu. It’s almost getting tedious. A police shooting. Mistrust and anger in the community. Looting, fires and … More

When Capt. Ron Johnson of the Missouri State Patrol took over command in Ferguson, things changed. Why was that? To … More

Thanks to Rachel Maddow and her newscast last night in providing some perspective of protest and violence in America. Yes, … More