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

Police Are Constitutional Officers—Guardians of Our Republic

After more than thirty years in policing and an equal time in ministry, I have come to believe that the … More

Growing Better Together

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

When Our Local Police Fail, So Will America!

When Local Police Fall, America Falls Throughout history, societies have had early warning systems that reveal when danger is near. … More

Becoming a Learning Organization

During my 20+ years as Chief of Police in Madison, Wisconsin, I led a department that became nationally known for … More

Hiring Cops: Keep the Bar High!

Police agencies lower education standards as staffing shortages persist “More police agencies, from big-city departments to federal agencies, are lowering … More