If You Can’t Understand the People You Police, You Don’t Deserve the Badge

Let’s stop tiptoeing around the obvious. You cannot hand legal authority — the power to detain, to use force, to … More

Loathing in Chicago

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

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

“President Trump’s message to officers condoning unnecessary use of force is both dangerous and misinformed.” [The following is … More

When did police start shooting persons with knives instead of using a baton? They didn’t always respond in this way. … More

Why the 2nd Annual Conference on 21st Century Policing at the University of Wisconsin in Platteville is important is that … More

GOAL: Prohibiting the Use of Deadly Force Against Disturbed or Mentally Ill Persons Not Armed with a Firearm Okay, I … More

I remember that as brand new detective in 1966, our captain told us about the new rules — the USSC … More

Here are some startling statistics on police use of deadly force: In May, the Washington Post analyzed the 385 fatal … More

Dear Officer, I know you feel anxious today. Perhaps even wondering why you took the job. I remember a similar … More