Welcome to the Police Academy!

I have this dream, I am back in uniform heading up a police department. I am addressing a recruit class … More

Leadership is…

Passion… Patience… Persistence… Consistence (and Love!) Simon Sinek seems to have capture the essence of leadership in his many talks … More

The higher the mountain on which you stand, the less change in the prospect from year to year, from age … More

What’s missing in American policing is the development of leaders — not managers — men and women who understand the … More

While talking with a number of clergy in Minneapolis about their city and their police (of which I was once … More

I don’t know about you, but I hear a loud question coming out of the many protests surrounding our uses … More

Now is the time to re-imagine our police I am not in favor of eliminating or de-funding police. I want … More

Officers, do you understand what is going on? You can no longer be silent. The Facebook post linked below is … More

I do almost daily “Walk in the Woods: short videos on a variety of topics that come up during this … More

“‘Until we change, we’re going to keep revisiting these events year after year after year,’ says David Couper, former police … More