Officers - I’m in awe of who you are and what you do. Your wherewithal to juggle a wide range of situations and make life-altering decisions in mere seconds. Your grasp of the U.S. Constitution and ability to apply it without...

Picture this scenario. You’re the chief of police in a city that’s exceptionally hostile towards law enforcement. A vocal contingent of police critics regularly call for your department’s abolishment. You’re barraged with unfair criticism, are hounded in public, and even...

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...

Raise your hand. Have you recently expressed legitimate concerns about the current rise in violent crime only to be dismissed as misinformed, paranoid, or fear-mongering? As writer Nicole Gelinas notes, some of the narratives people create to sow doubt in...

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...