Summarizing “Arrested Development”

BOOK SUMMARY: Arrested Development: A Veteran Police Chief Sounds Off About Protest, Racism, Corruption and the Seven Steps Necessary to … More

Why Police Matter

MAYBE FIFTY YEARS WASN’T ENOUGH. It’s been that long since the day a shiny badge was first pinned on my … More

Of course, the question of self-regulation is not only relevant to the police but applies to every institution of power … More

I first described “Seven Seeds for Policing” at the annual meeting of the Police Executive Research Forum in Washington, DC … More

My first book, How to Rate Your Local Police, was published by the Police Executive Research Forum in 1983. It was a … More

The Power of Police Subculture An Excerpt From “Arrested Development” “Years ago as a young police officer, I remember finding … More

Being moral is to make good choices between right and wrong or good and bad actions. It applies to both … More

One day in the life of a city in the Midwest, a young man was shot. Throughout the years, this … More

Shortly before I retired, I remember discussing the racial disparity in arrests we were experiencing with my assistant, Noble Wray … More

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted … More