Improve Police Training, Use of Force, and the Blue Subculture

What needs to be done to improve our nation’s police? I have reviewed three recent articles which, in my opinion, … More

It’s Time We Talked Again About Moral Policing

Making Choices: Which Way Do I Go? One of my most viewed posts over the past 12 years is Making … More

What would police leaders across the country say about improving police and assuring safety in their communities if they weren’t … More

I first published “Arrested Development” in 2012. Then made the final addition to the text in 2017 after the death … More

“Surely the most dramatic finding in this project is that it is possible to ‘bend granite.’” — National Institute of … More

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

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