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Protecting American’s Constitutional Right to “Assemble and Petition” their Government. Aggressive policing escalates violence at protests, research shows. […]

December 18, 2020 Uncategorized

We’re in a mess: what should we do?

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I would imagine most community leaders, including police, are trying to sort out just what happened after May […]

September 17, 2020 Uncategorized

Minnesota Steps Up

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What the Minnesota Legislature Passed (If They Can Do It, Why Can’t You?) By Torey Van Oot Minneapolis […]

July 22, 2020 Uncategorized

Policing: A Black Cop’s Perspective

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

July 18, 2020 Uncategorized

Socially Contracting a Dream

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While talking with a number of clergy in Minneapolis about their city and their police (of which I […]

July 13, 2020 Uncategorized

Police Leaders: Please Answer This Request! “Stop Killing Us!”

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One of the most important aspects of Community-Oriented Policing is to develop the simple art of listening — […]

June 4, 2020 Uncategorized

Reducing Use of Force: A Success Story

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I recently received this correspondence from an old friend, Chuck Wexler, who serves as the executive director of […]

February 22, 2020 Uncategorized

Police Shootings in Colorado: A Study

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After the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson in 2015, there was a national emphasis on better policies […]

February 8, 2020 Uncategorized

If You Ask Me: Straight Talk About Police and Policing

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A Self-Interview This spring I will note and celebrate the 60th anniversary of my entry into policing — […]

January 29, 2020 Uncategorized

Accountability and Transparency in New Jersey

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Slowly, and hopefully surely, sweeping changes coming to how N.J. cops use force and how it is investigated […]

December 7, 2019 Uncategorized

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