American Policing Doesn’t Have to Stay Arrested Part memoir, part Madison history, and part policy handbook, Arrested Development draws on my more … More
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Moving Past Graham v. Connor: Who is Raising the Bar?
The Stanford Law School Model Use of Force Policy explicitly addresses the core limitation of Graham v. Connor (1989): that Graham establishes only the constitutional baseline of “objective reasonableness“—a … More
The Fatal Flaw in Modern Police Reform
Why Graham Keeps American Police Stuck! Across the country, progressive municipal police departments pride themselves on progressive transformation. They invest … More
How Police in America Got Hijacked
From Guardians to Warriors: How 9/11 Changed American Policing — and Why It Hasn’t Stopped I took my first oath … More
Building an Effective Strategy and Coalition
IF EUROPE’S POLICE CAN, WHY CAN’T WE? A Systems-Thinking Case for Improving Police Use of Deadly Force [Executive Summary: Constitutional baselines … More
The Active Fight is Over. Moving to Reserve Duty
Active Reserve Duty I have fought a long, hard fight for nearly three-quarters of a century. It is now time … More
Your Bounden Duty: Seven Precepts for a Police Officer in a Free Society
Introduction When I was a young boy growing up in the Episcopal Church, I was given a small pamphlet called My … More
Community-Oriented Policing: A Conversation Still Worth Having
There are moments in reflecting back to the work I did in policing to remind me why it matters. My … More
Not In Our City, Not On Our Watch!
A Call to Active Duty City, County and State Police I served over three decades as a city cop. I know … More
There’s a New Gang in Town—And They Don’t Answer to You!
A Reflection on Power, Fear, and Constitutional Courage During my 33 years in policing, including two decades as the Chief … More
Improving Police: A Necessary Conversation 