More on Militarization of Police

The problem of police militarization is more than the use of armored vehicles, SWAT teams, and camouflaged uniforms – it’s … More

Rethinking Standoffs

Where is the national dialogue on the use of force by police going on? Don’t you think it’s about time … More

After three decades in policing and two of them as a chief officer, I find myself in the ranks of … More

Use of Force is the Core of the Police Role Sociologist Egon Bittner (1921-2011) once described the core … More

Is this a result of poor training? Job stress? Emotional breakdown? Is this what citizens expect from a professional police … More

When I was a young Marine, the old-timers used to tell us we were in the “new corps” (which was, of course, not … More

WHERE HAVE ALL THE GUARDIANS GONE? I have been stressing this for quite some time now. In 1973, we in … More

Just about every major department in our nation has been faced with pressures from the mental health community to improve … More

Last month I was invited to come to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirites to talk about my book, … More

In 1960, when I first pinned on a badge, I was a “college cop”—on … More