The top seven blog posts for last week were: 1. Making Choices: The Moral … More
Tag: leadership
Report From the Chicago PERF Meeting
Last week I posted a suggested agenda for police leaders belonging to PERF when they gathered in Chicago on Monday. … More
More on Militarization of Police
The problem of police militarization is more than the use of armored vehicles, SWAT teams, and camouflaged uniforms – it’s … More
Top Posts Last Week
TOP EIGHT POSTS LAST WEEK Principles of Leadership An Open Letter to Members of the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) … More
Sowing Seeds
“Improving Police” is the work of David Couper, former chief of police in Madison, Wisconsin for over 20 years. It has always been his dream to see police become major players in assuring fairness and justice in our society.
Oh, Oh, Another Elephant!
Earlier this week I posted a blog on three major and immediate problems that are currently facing our nation’s police … More
A Body in the Street
Dateline: New York Times — Ferguson, Mo. By Julie Bosman and Joseph Goldstein: AUG. 23, 2014 “Just after noon on Saturday, Aug. … More
Open Letter to Our Nation’s Police Leaders
Dear Fellow Police Leaders — Brothers and Sisters, It sadly seems to take a Ferguson or other nationally-exposed incident to … More
The Future: A New Chief Speaks Out (Part XII)
I am concluding this series on the future of policing with a short essay from a new chief and a … More
The Future: Part XI
Future of Policing Essays: American Policing in 2022 Part XI During the next few weeks I will be publishing excerpts … More
Improving Police: A Necessary Conversation 