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 — A Draft … More

Active Reserve Duty I have fought a long, hard fight for nearly three-quarters of a century. It is now time … More

Introduction When I was a young boy growing up in the Episcopal Church, I was given a small pamphlet called My … More

There are moments in reflecting back to the work I did in policing to remind me why it matters. My … More

A Call to Active Duty City, County and State Police I served over three decades as a city cop. I know … More

A Reflection on Power, Fear, and Constitutional Courage During my 33 years in policing, including two decades as the Chief … More

When Arguments Fail, Poets Must Act We are living through a watershed moment in our nation—a time when the “acrid smoke” of … More

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

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