A Note From a Cop in the Future

I wrote the following piece in 1990. It was published that year in the American Journal of Policing. … More

“The Best of Our Knowledge” An Interview with Jim Fleming

As many of you know, I was Chief of the Madison, Wisconsin Police Department for more than twenty years. Though … More

We are two former chiefs of police who are inviting our nation’s police, elected officials, community leaders, and concerned citizens … More

Where did I get these crazy ideas about police? Over 40 years ago, when I took over the command of … More

Well, it’s been almost thirty years since the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) published my first book, “How to Rate … More

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

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

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

Isn’t enough, enough? We need to have a conversation with our police. We need to tell them we have high … More

An interview with Neil Heinen, WISC-TV — “For the Record.” It will first be shown on Sunday, April 29th at … More