Speak Up! This Isn’t American Policing!

Picture: Masked federal immigration officers take the elevator at immigration court in Manhattan. David Dee Delgado/Reuters We Must Not Let … More

Police Must Rise to Meet the Moment

[The following article I authored appeared in “The Progressive” magazine on November 4, 2025.] Local police must observe, document, and … More

(The following is a summary of an article last week by Jamiles Lartey and Geoff Hing of The Marshall Project … More

When Badges Confront Each Other A fictional scenario about accountability, restraint, and the uneasy future of democratic policing It began … More

What Happens When Law and Decency Collapse? As a retired police leader, I am outraged that our local government and … More

Across the country today, local police find themselves at a dangerous crossroads. On one side stands their sworn duty—to uphold … More

When Enforcers Break the Law I spent more than three decades wearing a badge and swearing an oath to protect … More

The President’s Army or the People’s Police? When I took my first oath as a police officer in 1960, it … More

Without judicial warrants, ICE detainers are illegal. If you obey them, you betray your oath of office and destroy the … More

Will You Stand Between Your Community and Injustice? In a free and democratic society, the mission of police is clear: … More