The Thin Blue Line

A Crisis of Allegiance A dangerous collision is imminent between federal overreach and the front-line reality of local policing. Across America, … More

Interview with Commissioner Bill Bratton

This post contains a link the podcast Chat with the Chief, hosted by Sarasota Police Chief Rex Troche. It features … More

Local Police Response to Federal Immigration Enforcement

Introduction I spent over 30 years in municipal policing, serving in four cities and leading in Madison for two decades. … More

When ICE Comes to Your City

What Chief O’Hara Learned in Minneapolis The following interview summary offers a sobering look at the crisis currently unfolding in … More

Murder in Minneapolis

In three decades of wearing the badge of a city cop, training the next generation, and leading police, I have … More

Why the F.O.P. is Wrong About Immigration Enforcement

Today, I am addressing the institutional conflict that exists between the largest nation police union in the United States — … More

Renee Good: Now What Must Be Done

Our City. Our Standards. Standing Together Against ICE Incursions The city in which I led police for two decades is … More

If Not Now, When?

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE POLICE LEADERS OF AMERICA: THE TIME IS NOW AN OPEN LETTER TO THE POLICE LEADERS … More

ICE: Get Out of Our Cities!

The Death of a Poet and the Collapse of the Professional Police Model I have spent more than 30 years … More

When Viral “Fake News” Becomes Federal Policy

In our modern digital landscape, professional policing faces an unprecedented and corrosive burden: the “digital-to-federal feedback loop” This has been … More