Op-ed

If the only time your team hears your voice is after someone makes a mistake, you are not coaching them; you are simply officiating them. In nearly every organization, leaders...

STATEMENT OF RECORD Under the leadership of Assistant Chief Melissa A. Eger, Commanding Officer of Patrol Borough Manhattan South, and Deputy Inspector Alexander Brathwaite, Commanding Officer of the NYPD 13th...

STATEMENT OF RECORD The NYPD Midtown South Precinct serves one of the most consequential and demanding policing environments in New York City. Its area of responsibility encompasses some of the...

Statement of Record Twenty-five years after September 11, 2001, the responsibility to remember has not diminished—and neither has our responsibility to those who protect us. I will never forget standing...

One of the most damaging things an organization can do to its people is not deny them an opportunity. It is to continually suggest that the opportunity is just ahead...

STATEMENT OF RECORD On August 21, 2026, I spent approximately three hours at the NYPD’s 47th Precinct in the Bronx, beginning at approximately 3 p.m. Serving the northern portion of...

LAW OFFICER SPECIAL TWO-PART FEATURE SERIES (Part I of II) VISION  This two-part Law Officer feature represents the culmination of seventy published articles for Law Officer exploring ethical leadership, human...

STATEMENT OF RECORD On August 13, 2026, Vincent J. Bove, NYPD Honorary Law Enforcement Motivational Speaker, returned to the NYPD’s 75th Precinct in Brooklyn to continue an initiative centered on...

Today, few topics are being discussed with such rare and robust bipartisan consensus and formidable misinformation as Flock Safety surveillance cameras. The hot topics are the surveillance and privacy concerns...

Of all the “usual and routine calls for service” that any cop goes to, one of the most often complained about was the Domestic Violence assignment.  Domestic Violence was almost...