30 Guiding Principles

This is one of the major breakthroughs in American policing: a set of 30 guiding principles on the use of … More

“Not On My Watch!”

Standing up and Speaking Out! Last year I was continually posting a strong message for police to stand up and … More

How a Traffic Offense Can Be a Ticket to Prison Principles of Leadership Why Police Matter Making Choices: The Moral … More

Our national culture seems to be strongly forward-driven and that’s important. And I tend to respond to its influence by … More

How a Traffic Offense Can Be a Ticket to Prison Why Police Matter Principles of Leadership Twelve Steps Forward Making … More

I am excited about this new book by Malcolm Sparrow. He’s one of my favorite police academicians and will be … More

Top Posts (Last Week) What If It’s the Barrel and Not the Apples? Why Police Matter How a Traffic Offense … More

With regard to the often criminal use of deadly force by police we hear that the cause is “bad apples” … More

The police department in Columbia Heights, Minn. is a small department, less than 50 sworn officers. It experienced a large … More

I found the following article in the January-February 2016 issue of the Harvard Business Review and immediately thought how this … More