Summarizing “Arrested Development”

BOOK SUMMARY: Arrested Development: A Veteran Police Chief Sounds Off About Protest, Racism, Corruption and the Seven Steps Necessary to … More

The Ombudsman: A Way Forward For Your City?

There seems to be a growing amount of urban conflict today between police and community members. It can predictably happen … More

Of course, the question of self-regulation is not only relevant to the police but applies to every institution of power … More

UPSTREAM-DOWNSTREAM Once upon a time there was a fishing village along a mighty river. The villagers there were a fine, … More

The department that I headed for over 20 years is coming under attack regarding the shooting of an unarmed intoxicated … More

Being moral is to make good choices between right and wrong or good and bad actions. It applies to both … More

Towards the end of my police career, and a couple of years before my retirement, one thing continued to worry … More

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted … More

Just Because We Can, Should We? The Legal-Moral Balance of Policing An all too familiar story from one of our … More

THE SEVEN IMPROVEMENT STEPS [An excerpt from chapter seven of the book Arrested Development: A Veteran Police Chief Sounds Off About … More