The Great Manipulation

More on “jukin’ the stats. I first talked about this problem on this blog on May 24, 2012. And it’s … More

“Show me your papers!”

“Show me your papers!” Why ordering our nation’s police to do immigration enforcement is a bad idea. Police as immigration … More

Talking it Through: Improving police-youth relations I have been rather harsh with the NYPD on stop and frisk. Now this … More

I have advocated the absolute importance of police officers being respectful to citizens when making stops and conducting other … More

Private Police? Has It Come to That? In the June 20, 2012 issue of the Guardian, David Taylor-Smith, the head of … More

Important to change police tactics, says ex-police chief By David Couper, June 15, 2012 As a former police chief, … More

What is CompStat and why is it causing problems for police? CompStat (short for COMPuter STATistics or COMParative STATistics) is: … More

Have you ever wondered how and what we were teaching Iraqi and Afghani police officers and recruits? A number of … More

Special Report from the United States Institute of Peace on Police Corruption What Past Scandals Teach about Current Challenges This new … More

Yes, thanks to you! I wrote “Arrested Development” because I thought there were some things in the police field that … More