Tag: for the blue

(For The Blue) - This probably isn’t going to read like a post you’d expect from an avid police supporter and advocate. To be clear, I love and respect cops ...

Hands-down, one of my most widely-read and -shared articles is the one about weak police leadership. It has also generated a lot of commentary from police officers who’ve written to ...

How much longer do you suppose our nation can continue down the path it’s on? How can we survive (let alone thrive) with understaffed police departments whose cops are exhausted ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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, ...

This post is strongly-worded. I say these things not to be cruel, but because I care about police officers and because I’m worried that our nation is descending into a ...

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 ...

After waking up this morning to news that vandals had set fire to the headquarters of an anti-abortion organization here in Madison, I promptly checked for statements from our city’s ...