It’s Time to Get Serious About Reducing the Number of Citizens Killed By Police

“Unless we significantly reduce this rate (a yearly average of 1,000 citizen deaths by police), we will do little to … More

I Am Outraged! You Should Be, Too!

“I can tell you from my own experience, that starting ‘soft’ in handling a protest works. When a police agency … More

[Ed. Note: Major Hughes is from the generation that followed me after I retired in 1993. He began his career … More

While talking with a number of clergy in Minneapolis about their city and their police (of which I was once … More

One of the most important aspects of Community-Oriented Policing is to develop the simple art of listening — not just, … More

I would like to talk to you today in light of all that has transpired around our country as a … More

“Let me put this bluntly. There is no love there. The officers present did not love one another for if … More

“Nothing can be more corrosive to the legitimacy of police in a democracy than the pervasive sense that they view … More

Malcolm Gladwell’s new book, “Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know,” ought to be … More

Three women shaping future of law enforcement In Washington “Over time, a lot of my fellow officers could see, well, … More