Police Use of Force: Proposed Legislation

Legislation on Police Standards: What do you think? This has been a multi-generational discussion: At what level should police standards … More

My Column in USA Today

After Chicago’s Homicide Spike, Review Police Problems David C. Couper  [First appeared September 14, 2016 in USA Today.] “Tomorrow’s cops … More

More Facts About the Genele Laird Arrest

“By my own standards what we witnessed is not acceptable. We will continue to work, internally and community wide to … More

From Academia: Why Police Departments Don’t Change

“The only effective mechanism for addressing police brutality is top-down, systemic reform of the police organization itself…” The following is … More

What Police Leadership Looks Like

Las Vegas Metro Police a Model on Use-of-Force Practices By Joe Lombardo, Sheriff of Las Vegas Metro Police Department Sunday, … More

Top Posts Last Week

How a Traffic Offense Can Be a Ticket to Prison Principles of Leadership Using Force: A Reflection and Some Suggestions … More

Moving From Craft to Profession

My wife has been a cancer patient for the past eight years. This experience has, of course, placed us solidly … More

Learning From Our Mistakes

Everyone makes mistakes. People do and so do their organization’s. Mistakes or errors cannot be totally avoided. And attempts to … More

The Force-Trust Relationship

On this day, we celebrate our nation’s independence from tyranny and injustice and our right to live togetherness in freedom … More

What Leading Police Chiefs Say About Use of Deadly Force

Here’s what some of our nation’s leading police chiefs, members of the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), have to say … More