NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell and I would have a great time talking over a couple of drinks on vacation, perhaps on a cruise, about how command presence and pride of appearance in uniform have nosedived over the past...

City of Greatest Potential The City of Jackson, Mississippi is the city with the greatest potential in the United States. There is no place that could adapt to improvement in scholastic achievement and strategies in addressing poverty. Jackson is in...

The San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) is being called out by their police commission over 2022 Q4 data that reflects that police force was used 25 times as frequently on black people as white people. This data also appears to...

What are Consent Decrees? Consent decrees aren’t bad, rotten, or evil. Instead of a lawsuit demanding exclusively financial damages, consent decrees exist to address issues of discrimination or civil rights law violations by providing a plan to ensure these issues...

Tens of thousands of lives saved during the last 30 years proves public-order policing enhances public safety. Let’s defeat the first myth immediately. Broken Windows Policing is not and never is zero tolerance. Zero tolerance is an effective tool that...

In 2019, my homicide sergeant, speaking to reporters, spoke the truth of our unsolved murders. The few unsolved cases for the year had plenty of witnesses but no one will do the right thing and come forward, even reporting anonymously...

The State of Georgia brought forward an indictment via grand jury of RICO (Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organization) charges against 61 defendants. The criminal complaint describes an organized conspiracy that laundered money to finance the violent acts and sabotage carried out...

Public safety agencies are finally grasping the scale of the recruiting crisis. Police recruiting today has the attitude that anybody who meets standards for fitness, moral character, and enough scholastic aptitude to pass the academy and the state exam, we...