Tell Me This Didn’t Happen in America!

I am enclosing this article from Nicholas Kristof which was in the New York Times Sunday Review OpEd on January … More

Becoming a Police Officer

Someone recently asked me what I would say to a person who wished to become a police officer; especially … More

I suggest that the primary problem with the use of “stop and frisk” by police in many of our cities … More

I have talked and written a lot about the role of police in responding to public protest. While it happened over … More

Justified Anger I wonder how many of us in cities throughout America can relate to what Alex Gee is saying … More

Police Leaders: Now here’s your chance to see if you can lead a great police department further toward excellence — … More

One of the interesting fables I used I used in teaching leadership over the years was “Upstream-Downstream,” by Don Ardell (1975). … More

It’s been over a year now since Prof. Michael Scott and I asked police leaders to “sign on” to support what … More

I hope you do not think that I am saying or suggesting that our nation’s police have not improved? They … More

Last week, I wrote about Chief Chris Burbank who heads up the Salt Lake City Police Department. I described him … More