Essential Questions for 21st Century Police

Having served as a police officer and leader during the last half of the 20th century I have some questions … More

Can You Frisk and Still Maintain Trust?

Years ago, I learned as a young officer that “stopping and frisking” a person or persons was an invasion of … More

If you were to ask me what is different from my time in policing compared with that of today I … More

Alfonso Morales, a 25-year veteran of the Milwaukee Police Department is the city’s new Chief of Police. He was appointed … More

“Kindness: the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate.” Kindness Needless to say, I think a lot about policing — … More

How is that Great Divide bridged? For if it cannot, the future of policing our great nation is at risk! … More

“For monitoring purposes and to enhance public trust and confidence through transparency.” [THANKS to Prof. Gary Cordner for alerting us … More

We are now over four years past Ferguson and the rate of police uses of deadly force continues to be … More

“To effectively and impeccably serve others…” A couple of issues have popped up during the past few weeks on this … More

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