A Most Difficult Act

[Ed. Note: Anyone who has ever served as a police officer will understand the difficulty of criticizing a fellow officer; … More

Effective Community-Oriented Policing: Some History

Editors Note: The following post comes from an article Sgt. Lobitz and I wrote three years after our article “Quality … More

Some excellent remarks on the art of policing! I had the pleasure of working with Noble Wray when I was … More

Coming to Madison: Surviving Trials and Tribulation One of first things I had to do along with instituting major changes … More

The way forward is being able to craft innovative responses and “pass the ball.” Ever since President Obama’s Task Force … More

CHANGE, UNREST OFFER OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW COPS Chicago police lead a demonstrator from Grant Park during the Democratic National Convention in … More

If we as a nation are going to get serious about improving our police we, both community and police leaders, … More

In 2012, way before Ferguson and too many other tragedies in policing and before the release of the President’s 21st Century Task Force, … More

Dr. W. Edwards Deming got me thinking about customers in the early 1980s. As a police chief, who were my … More

Reforming our nation’s police will not come about through new hardware or technologies, creative policies, revised training, federal consent … More