“Put Down the Big Stick”

A Former Police Chief: Put Down the Big Stick [Ed. Note: Republished from my July 8, 2016 post on Progressive.org/news.] … More

Effective Community-Oriented Policing: Some History

Editors Note: The following post comes from an article Sgt. Lobitz and I wrote three years after our article “Quality … More

“At a strategic level, good leaders demonstrate – and are able to articulate – a clear ethical vision for the … More

Seven Police Improvement Steps ENVISION: The community must cast a bold and breathtaking vision to ensure a distinguished future for … More

What FBI Director Jim Comey Should Have Said in Chicago Ever since Jim Comey was appointed to head up the … More

POLICING THE MADISON WAY For a great number of years, the following has been the way of the Madison, Wisc. … More

I cannot remember exactly when my vision for police first emerged. What I do know is that I have held … More

HOW ARE WE DOING IN POLICING? Still leaping forward? Forty-two years ago I gave a talk to the Madison Downtown … More

Dreaming Years ago as a young police officer, I had a dream. The dream was about a new kind of … More

This is my trust-building vision: A national summit is organized which calls together our nation’s police leaders. The purpose … More