Dreaming in Blue…

An old friend, Neil Heinen, got me thinking again about Madison, Wisc. — a city we both love dearly and with whom … More

Poignant Moments of Protest

I have talked and written a lot about the role of police in responding to public protest. While it happened over … More

Police Leaders: Now here’s your chance to see if you can lead a great police department further toward excellence — … More

I starting thinking about how a posting for a Madison chief of police should read in order to … More

[Sometimes it helps to look back and try and find out why something that seemed so important, so necessary, years … More

It’s funny the things you can find on the Internet while looking for something else. In my case, it was … More

Yes. This is my dream. For police to be both learning and teaching organizations. And not just to other police … More

Since the days of the the labor and civil rights movements and through the era of the protests against the … More

THE MATTER OF HOW POLICE SHOULD LOOK AND ACT ARE IMPORTANT ISSUES FOR EVERY FREE SOCIETY TO CONSIDER. Since the … More

You probably did a double-take on the title of this blog – the Joy of Policing! But I am serious. … More