Reform: Not Just for Liberals

Arthur Rizer is the criminal justice and civil liberties policy director at the R Street Institute. He is also an … More

Police: Between a Rock and a Hard Place!

The following interview comes from the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF). Executive Director Chuck Wexler interviews Seattle Police Chief Carmen … More

Minnesota Steps Up

What the Minnesota Legislature Passed (If They Can Do It, Why Can’t You?) By Torey Van Oot Minneapolis Star-Tribune “The … More

I Am Outraged! You Should Be, Too!

“I can tell you from my own experience, that starting ‘soft’ in handling a protest works. When a police agency … More

Vision: Why It’s Important

Vision-casting is a team event. It begins with the leader casting out a future, a quest; an exciting idea of … More

Policing: A Black Cop’s Perspective

[Ed. Note: Major Hughes is from the generation that followed me after I retired in 1993. He began his career … More

The Argument to Abolish Police

From Policy Link: Communities across the country are rising up and demanding that policymakers reallocate budgets by divesting from the … More

Socially Contracting a Dream

While talking with a number of clergy in Minneapolis about their city and their police (of which I was once … More

The Good Cop

[The following is an essay from a long-time friend and colleague, Chuck Wexler, Executive Director of the Police Executive Research … More

Time to Wake Up!

How are society’s rules to be enforced? We can make sure they are backed up by threat of force (domination) … More