The Quality Leadership Workbook

“Developing a high-quality, 21st century police agency begins first inside individual leaders before any changes should be undertaken inside the … More

The Struggle for the Soul of Democratic Policing

“When police make mistakes, it is often because they have disregarded one or more practices of Procedural Justice and shown … More

Conversing with Cops

“Today’s police need to be in conversation with their harshest critics — it’s called Community Oriented Policing.” Last week I … More

Leadership is Continuous Learning

This past semester I taught a new course in the UW-Platteville Department of Criminal Justice called “Police Leadership in Changing … More

A Note to Police Leaders

In the firestorm of recent American politics, and living in this post-Ferguson era, you are going to have to assess … More

A Letter to White Police Officers

Dear Officers, This month, the Urban Institute released a survey on perceptions of police by persons who live in low-income, … More

Should We Elect Our Police Leaders?

For most of my career I was opposed to the idea of electing police chiefs. To me, it was to … 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

Quell the Hate; Stop the Ambushes!

I.A.C.P. Article Shows Alarming Spike In Ambush-Style Attacks On Police Officers. The data are alarming: CBS News (11/21) reports that after a massive … More