Training and Leading Police

The Toxicity Doesn’t End at Graduation Even if police academies reformed tomorrow, the police employment crisis would persist—because the problem … More

If You Can’t Understand the People You Police, You Don’t Deserve the Badge

Let’s stop tiptoeing around the obvious. You cannot hand legal authority — the power to detain, to use force, to … More

What Does A.I. Say About Improving Our Police?

Community-Oriented Police Officers [A.I. generated photo] I could not restrain myself after reading yet another article on the future role … More

Officer Involved Shootings: A Necessary Discussion

I have attached to this blog a free e-book by three retired senior police leaders. It is an excellent dive … More

What Have We Learned Since Ferguson?

In 2014, Michael Brown was killed by a police officer in Ferguson, MO. Six years later, and after much analysis, … More

Addictive Hyper-Vigilance in Policing

One of the things I have always recommended to my officers (and those considering policing as a career) is that … More

Police as Mental Health Workers

Once upon a time, our nation housed mentally ill people in large numbers — many of whom were not a … More

Things Recently Learned About Policing

This week, decades after I had served as a chief of police, I served on a panel consisting of representatives … More

It’s Time to Stop Killing the Mentally Ill

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ-H2a4-BGY I have written about these situations before. Whether it is in Times Square, Saginaw, or rural America, police must … More