ICE: Get Out of Our Cities!

The Death of a Poet and the Collapse of the Professional Police Model I have spent more than 30 years … More

To Fellow Police Officers on the Street: This Moment Is Yours!

As many of you know, I spent more than 30 years as a police officer, including serving as chief in … More

Why the Rule of Law Matters—Especially for Local Policing

President Trump Pardons Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Major Drug Trafficking Juan Orlando Hernández was accused of receiving millions in bribes … More

The Dismantling of Our Department of Justice

What Happens When Our Guardrails Fail? In the past few weeks, we Americans have been given a rare window into … More

Policing a Free Society: A Hard Task Worth Doing — 在自由社会维护治安：艰难却必要的使命

Hello, China, Can I Be of Help? — 你好，中国，我能为你提供帮助吗？ Recently, this blogsite saw an unexpected surge in readers from China … More

Make it Happen: More Women in Policing

Women in Policing: A Necessity For nearly six decades in policing and public life, I’ve watched a powerful truth unfold:When … More

A Call to Police Chiefs and Sheriffs

We are living through a constitutional stress test and it’s your leadership test. Our oath was never to a political … More

Turbulent History of the Politicized Minneapolis PD

Paradox: Echoes of Reform and the Minneapolis Police “Historian Yohuru Williams explores the history of reforming the Minneapolis Police and … More

Dialogue Policing

I have always looked for creativity, innovation, and growth in policing — the continuous improvement Dr. W. Edwards Deming taught so powerfully in the … More