The Workbook That Built a Better Police Department

Quality Cops Start With Quality Leaders The New Quality Leadership Workbook for Police: Leadership and Improvement Methods This workbook grew … More

User’s Guide to Police Performance

How to Rate Your Local Police: A User’s Guide for Civic Leaders, Governmental Officials, Concerned Citizens, and Police My earliest … More

My Case For Improving Our Nation’s Police

American Policing Doesn’t Have to Stay Arrested Part memoir, part Madison history, and part policy handbook, Arrested Development draws on my more … More

Training and Leading Police

The Toxicity Doesn’t End at Graduation Even if police academies reformed tomorrow, the police employment crisis would persist—because the problem … More

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

Make it Happen: More Women in Policing

Women in Policing: A Necessity For nearly six decades in policing and public life, I’ve watched a powerful truth unfold:When … More

Look in the Mirror

Are You a Model for Modern Policing? Why Not? Across our nation, policing stands at a crossroads. Public trust is … More

Becoming a Learning Organization

During my 20+ years as Chief of Police in Madison, Wisconsin, I led a department that became nationally known for … More

What I’ve Learned About Leadership

What Being a Cop and Writing this Blog Has Taught Me About the Importance of Leadership With more than 1,600 posts … More

Leadership is Coaching

Coaching Your Way to Better Police Leadership My Note: My friend and colleague Dr. Gary Cordner sent me this article … More