Standby: What Needs To Be Done!

Along with my friend and colleague, Noble Wray, we have co-authored what we believe to be a powerful op-ed on … More

Bad Training — Still Available

Missouri and Kansas police paid for aggressive, discredited officer training tactics Midwest Newsroom and KCUR began investigating, police departments in … More

Deception and Broken Trust

A recent report by the Cato Institute caused me to re-evaluate a practice I had learned as a detective and … More

Improve Police Training, Use of Force, and the Blue Subculture

What needs to be done to improve our nation’s police? I have reviewed three recent articles which, in my opinion, … More

What Have We Learned Since Ferguson?

In 2014, Michael Brown was killed by a police officer in Ferguson, MO. Six years later, and after much analysis, … More

Protest: Why Haven’t We Learned?

Once again, citizens have taken to our streets and campuses, occupied buildings, camped out and protested a major world event. … More

Police Leaders Organize!

What would police leaders across the country say about improving police and assuring safety in their communities if they weren’t … More

Goon Squads

“The officers did not have a warrant, and some called themselves ‘The Goon Squad’ because of their willingness to use … More

Addictive Hyper-Vigilance in Policing

One of the things I have always recommended to my officers (and those considering policing as a career) is that … More

Answering a Call to Improve Continuously

I first published “Arrested Development” in 2012. Then made the final addition to the text in 2017 after the death … More