Becoming a Different Kind of Leader

What is the new leadership? Is your boss doing it? Are you? In my new book, I outline the process … 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

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

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

As many of you know, I was Chief of the Madison, Wisconsin Police Department for more than twenty years. Though … More

What is the “It Gets Better” Project? In September 2010, syndicated columnist and author Dan Savage created a … More

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

Where did I get these crazy ideas about police? Over 40 years ago, when I took over the command of … More

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

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