More on Georgian Police Reforms

More On Georgian Police Reforms… I continue to be fascinated by this story. Here is more information on these reforms … More

Celebrate Police Learning!

When learning happens in the police field we should all shout for joy. I am referring to the more “soft … More

A Note From a Cop in the Future

     I wrote the following piece in 1990. It was published that year in the American Journal of Policing. … More

Can Seattle Police Be Reformed?

     No longer “Sleepless in Seattle,”the city has woken up. In an historic  settlement, a federal judge recently approved a … More

What Needs to Be Done

     I stumbled across an article from 2005 from sociology, my old field of study. At least one sociologist … More

ON THIS WE STAND: Qualities of Police in a Free and Democratic Society

We are two former chiefs of police who are inviting our nation’s police, elected officials, community leaders, and concerned citizens … More

Training Police in Afghanistan

Dr. Catherine Norman from the US Center for Naval Analysis released her latest research from Helmand Province in Afghanistan. Entitled … More

The Great Manipulation

More on “jukin’ the stats. I first talked about this problem on this blog on May 24, 2012. And it’s … More

How Would You Rate Your Local Police? And By What Criteria?

Well, it’s been almost thirty years since the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) published my first book, “How to Rate … More

“Show me your papers!”

“Show me your papers!” Why ordering our nation’s police to do immigration enforcement is a bad idea.  Police as immigration … More