A Call for Police Reform

The following article appears in the June, 2015 issue of “The Progressive” magazine: A Police Chief’s Call For Reform … More

On the Advent of a Major Community Decision

I woke today with a heavy heart. This is the day our district attorney in Madison and Dane County, … More

How do organizations transform? How do they begin to make changes they know are necessary? The following post … More

During the past months, I have attempted to counsel police leaders through this blog in what they needed to do. … More

I have been thinking about the positive influences women have brought to policing. I have to admit I never thought … More

The Case for Change As baseball legend Yogi Berra once declared, “It’s deja vu all over again.” I am feeling … More

HOW ARE WE DOING IN POLICING? Still leaping forward? Forty-two years ago I gave a talk to the Madison Downtown … More

Chief Says Madison Not a Ferguson The above is a recent interview (Apr/3/2015) in which I talk a bit about … More

Is Changing Our Police Possible? One of the questions that was asked of me by one young criminal justice student … More

What are criminal justice students thinking about today? Here are some question I received from students attending the 4-year degree … More