Top Seven Blogs (Last Week)

The top seven blog posts for last week were: 1. Making Choices: The Moral … More

Report From the Chicago PERF Meeting

Last week I posted a suggested agenda for police leaders belonging to PERF when they gathered in Chicago on Monday. … More

Chicago PERF Meeting: A Suggested Agenda

I am afraid that since my “Open Letter” to you earlier this week another elephant has appeared. We now have … More

An Open Letter to Members of the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF)

The Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) will be hosting a meeting next week (September 16-17) in Chicago titled, “Defining Moments … More

The Future of Policing: Don’t Let Technology Blind Your Humanity

LET’S NOT FORGET ABOUT WHY TOMORROW IS IMPORTANT! When I talk about the future of policing I don’t mean trends … More

Trashing the POP Center

Feds Trash the Problem Oriented Policing Center: Another Example of Anti-Intellectualism (among other things…) One of the push-backs I occasionally receive from my … More

A Time to Boldly Lead

During last month’s annual meeting of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), Charles Ramsey gave the opening address … More

Seven Seeds For Policing

Note: The following article comes from a talk I gave in Washington, D.C. in the spring of 1993 when I … More

How to Rate Police: Some Questions

My first book, How to Rate Your Local Police, was published by the Police Executive Research Forum in 1983. It was a … More

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