What needs to be done to improve our nation’s police? I have reviewed three recent articles which, in my opinion, … More
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It’s Time to Change Police Training: Moving Police From Warriors to Guardians
WHERE HAVE ALL THE GUARDIANS GONE? I have been stressing this for quite some time now. In 1973, we in … More
Hazing and Bullying in the Police Academy
Last week I read an article in the New York Times Magazine about police training in Atlanta. It reminded me … More
A Better Way to Train
The “Seattle Times” recently reported on a change in their state police academy which trains Seattle police. It reflects the … More
Just Because We Can, Should We?
Just Because We Can, Should We? The Legal-Moral Balance of Policing An all too familiar story from one of our … More
Training Police in Afghanistan
Dr. Catherine Norman from the US Center for Naval Analysis released her latest research from Helmand Province in Afghanistan. Entitled … More
Police Training in Afghanistan — “Unbelievably Incompetent”
Have you ever wondered how and what we were teaching Iraqi and Afghani police officers and recruits? A number of … More
Improving Police: A Necessary Conversation 