What Now? What’s Next?

Since Ferguson, we have all experienced growing tension between police and citizens of color ranging from disrespectful behavior to lost lives. For … More

National Consensus of Police Use of Force?

A number of police organizations this month, led by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), endorsed a “National … More

More Facts About the Genele Laird Arrest

“By my own standards what we witnessed is not acceptable. We will continue to work, internally and community wide to … More

What Police Leadership Looks Like

Las Vegas Metro Police a Model on Use-of-Force Practices By Joe Lombardo, Sheriff of Las Vegas Metro Police Department Sunday, … More

Learning From Our Mistakes

Everyone makes mistakes. People do and so do their organization’s. Mistakes or errors cannot be totally avoided. And attempts to … More

Is It All About Altruism?

Prof. Mark Bowman, a former police leader, commented on yesterday’s post, “This is Awful, It Cannot Be Lawful.” His response … More

Why Do American Police Kill So Many?

[The following article by Paul Hirschfield, Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Rurgers University was originally published in … More

What We Learned At Platteville: Part 5 of 5

  DAVID COUPER: “People and Police Together: A Wrap-up and Way Forward.” Chief of Police, Madison, WI for over 20 years, … More

Things Recently Learned About Policing

This week, decades after I had served as a chief of police, I served on a panel consisting of representatives … More

Rethinking Center-Mass Shooting

Police need to rethink their training and align it more closely with what a great number of citizens are asking … More