Police chiefs influence everything from officer performance and morale, to public perception of, and confidence in the departments they lead. Based on feedback I’ve received over the past few years, weak police leadership is a widespread issue that’s having detrimental...

Active shooter situations. The need for police officers in schools. Statistics showing firearms to be the leading cause of death in U.S. children. These are foreign concepts to us baby boomers. It’s not just random mass shootings, though, that have...

It’s not just the incessant demoralization, increase in violence towards cops, lax felony prosecutions, and calls to defund that have had devastating effects on policing. Indicting cops for making good faith mistakes or for acting in accordance with the law...

Betrayal and abandonment by someone you hold in high esteem feels like a punch in the gut. It’s precisely what law-abiding Americans experienced during the summer riots of 2020. We watched on our screens that year as demonstrators were allowed...

Our nation has endured turbulence throughout its relatively short history. Two world wars, a civil war, a Revolution, the 9/11 terror attacks, a stock market crash, civil unrest, crime surges. Yet we always endured. What we’re going through now feels...

It increasingly feels as if we’re living in a dystopian novel. In part one of this saga, leaders and figureheads have built a narrative about militarized police who need to be micromanaged - all while simultaneously creating policies that decriminalize...

Cops are still under fire, crime still has a hold on cities across the country, and police departments still grapple with staffing shortages. Policing is in crisis. It’s not enough for you to hear me say this, however, which is...

It’s been a tough week. The images and stories of unimaginable suffering at the hands of a brutal dictator have been too much to comprehend at times. Never did I think that in 2022, we’d be even discussing the possibility...

If you’d like to support cops in meaningful ways, you’ve landed in the right place. It can be overwhelming not knowing how to help or where to start, especially if you have little guidance. Been there. The techniques I’ll discuss...

A dear friend who’s a retired cop recently told me this: “Low/no bail as well as lip service bail conditions (with no consequences for violating) are literally making our streets unsafe and our cops are sitting ducks!” This person is...