In our modern digital landscape, professional policing faces an unprecedented and corrosive burden: the “digital-to-federal feedback loop” This has been … More
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To Fellow Police Officers on the Street: This Moment Is Yours!
As many of you know, I spent more than 30 years as a police officer, including serving as chief in … More
Only One Institution Can Stop Federal Overreach: Your Local Police
This is the Moment! What Happens When They Come for You? Ask History I am sensing a growing danger in … More
A New Kind of Courage: Why Police Must Confront Federal Overreach.
Something extraordinary just happened in Minneapolis — something we have not seen from a major-city police chief in years. Chief … More
This Could Be Your Finest Hour!
Questions Every Police Leader Should Answer About Federal Immigration Enforcement When federal agents operate inside a city, the responsibility for … More
When Police Become Soldiers, Democracy Dies
The President’s Army or the People’s Police? When I took my first oath as a police officer in 1960, it … More
Improving Police: A Necessary Conversation 