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Speak Up! This Isn’t American Policing!

Picture: Masked federal immigration officers take the elevator at immigration court in Manhattan. David Dee Delgado/Reuters We Must Not Let … More

autocracy, community-oriented, Constitution, ICE, immigration, leadership, mission, news, police, politics, training, Trump

Police Must Rise to Meet the Moment

[The following article I authored appeared in “The Progressive” magazine on November 4, 2025.] Local police must observe, document, and … More

David Couper, document, ICE, immigration, news, police, politics, resist, The Progressive

A Call to Police Chiefs and Sheriffs

We are living through a constitutional stress test and it’s your leadership test. Our oath was never to a political … More

autocracy, Donald Trump, history, leadership-test, police chief, politics, sheriff, stand-fast, tyranny

Turbulent History of the Politicized Minneapolis PD

Paradox: Echoes of Reform and the Minneapolis Police “Historian Yohuru Williams explores the history of reforming the Minneapolis Police and … More

arthur-naftalin, Charles Stenvig, history, Minneapolis, politics, racist-policing, reform, writing

A Tragic, But Probable Scenario

When Badges Confront Each Other A fictional scenario about accountability, restraint, and the uneasy future of democratic policing It began … More

Bill of Rights, Constitution, deadly force, ICE, immigration-enforcement, liberty, police-code-of-ethics, politics, resistance, respect, Rule of Law

Who Will Stop This Outrage?

What Happens When Law and Decency Collapse? As a retired police leader, I am outraged that our local government and … More

citizenship-process, Constitution, Donald Trump, ICE, immigration, local-police, local-strategies, masked-agents, non-compliance, politics, resistance, undocumented-residents

Police Are Constitutional Officers—Guardians of Our Republic

After more than thirty years in policing and an equal time in ministry, I have come to believe that the … More

Bill of Rights, Constitution, democracy, guardians, history, justic, oath, police, politics, service

All This is Happening on Our Watch!

When Enforcers Break the Law I spent more than three decades wearing a badge and swearing an oath to protect … More

consitution, ICE, immigration, news, police, politics, Rule of Law

You Are at a Crossroads: Stand with the Constitution or With Cruelty

Without judicial warrants, ICE detainers are illegal. If you obey them, you betray your oath of office and destroy the … More

community oriented policing, Constitution, courage, duty, ethics, ICE, immigration, morality, politics, Rule of Law

Police Leaders: Do Not Become Trump’s Pawns

“Stop Attacking Our Cities to Hide Your Administration’s Failures.” — Boston Mayor Michelle Wu Mayor Michelle Wu was speaking to … More

Code of ethics, community oriented policing, Donald Trump, history, pawns, politics, resist, Rule of Law, the-constitution, Trump

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