My wife has been a cancer patient for the past eight years. This experience has, of course, placed us solidly … More
Tag: IACP
The Struggle Ahead
The Police Pushback on Use of Deadly Force We are about to engage in a major community-police struggle. A struggle … More
I Will Support the PERF Report
I am a life member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police and also a member of the Police … More
Capturing Intellectual Capital
Proposing A Knowledge Exchange Among Police [The following proposal is the kind of actions professionals do. While the police field … More
New Leadership is the Way Forward
Training Police in the New Leadership In April, 1987, Sabine Lobitz and I wrote an article that appeared in … More
PERF: Ready to Roll?
POLICE EXECUTIVE RESEARCH FORUM Town Hall Meeting, October 25, 2015, Loews Hotel, Chicago. A SUMMARY On Sunday, October 25th during the … More
A Needed Conversation
I follow police and the present crisis and this is what I hear from the community: “Stop the killing!” That … More
Look Back In Order to Go Forward!
Revisiting Standards on the Urban Police Function The President has called together a “21st Century Police … More
Once More: Policing is Community Policing
Community Policing is how a free society is to be policed. Period. Why is there still resistance to it? Why do … More
Trashing the POP Center
Feds Trash the Problem Oriented Policing Center: Another Example of Anti-Intellectualism (among other things…) One of the push-backs I occasionally receive from my … More
Improving Police: A Necessary Conversation 