Will Police Take This First and Necessary Step?

Sabine Lobitz and I wrote the following article for our nation’s police leaders in the late 1980s to draw attention to … More

Seven Seeds For Policing

Note: The following article comes from a talk I gave in Washington, D.C. in the spring of 1993 when I … More

“Good is the enemy of great.” — Jim Collins Can a police department be GREAT, not just “good?” Here’s my … More

A Question for Today’s Chiefs of Police: Whom Do You Serve? Who should police chiefs serve? Their organization or the … More

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

In 1987, my wife and I were both serving as police leaders. I was chief in Madison and she was … More

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted … More

This is blog number 100! Since I began this journey of “getting the word out” about how police can and … More

Maybe we all need to take a deep breath and step back from the conflict between “liberals” and “gun righters.” … More

In the 1980s, the Madison (Wisc.) Police Department moved forward with a new leadership style replacing the old, military-based, coercive … More