Earlier this month, some email threads were going around the community about the Roseville Police Department’s police officer staffing. I addressed it in an email to the City Council and now want to elaborate on that a bit. First, a history lesson may help. Since at least the 1980s, by state statue Roseville was authorized […]

FEATURED BLOGGER Rick Mathwig Chief of Police Roseville Police Department, Minnesota

We, the employees of the Bangor Police Department, would like to take this opportunity to congratulate a few of our co-workers for doing good things and being noticed. Nope, none of them are cops, but they are the people who we work and interact with on a daily basis; they make Bangor a great place […]

FEATURED BLOGGER Bangor Police Department Authored by Sergeant Tim Cotton Bangor, Maine

So today, I had an honoring ceremony to attend for an amazing friend of mine, Bill Denton. I picked my wife up from her work and we drove to the Aransas Pass Civic Center. We walked in the back door and as is my normal fashion, I announced, “All rise!” For some reason, I always […]

FEATURED BLOGGER Eric Blanchard Chief of Police Aransas Pass Police Department, Texas

Mental Illness is one of the larger challenges that we deal with as a community. The City of Madison is fortunate enough to have a myriad of selfless individuals and qualified agencies that strive to assist those afflicted with mental illness on a daily basis. Unfortunately, despite all of these efforts, we still are not […]

FEATURED BLOGGER Michael Koval Chief of Police Madison Police Department, Wisconsin

We had another very successful Police Week last week. This year we highlighted and honored Hayfield Police Chief Doug Claassen at the SE MN Law Enforcement Memorial in Rochester. It was great to see Kathy and her family there and to honor Doug’s service and sacrifice, along with all the sacrifices that Doug’s family made […]

FEATURED BLOGGER Scott Rose Sheriff Dodge County Sheriff's Office, Minnesota

The Kansas City Missouri Police detective who took his own life in February was the fourth member of our Department to do so in as many years. His suicide was the first we discussed publicly because, as a Department, we decided it was time that we face this issue head-on. We must stop treating police […]

FEATURED BLOGGER Richard C. Smith Chief of Police Kansas City Police Department, Missouri

On February 15, 2019 officers from the Aurora Police Department in Illinois responded to an active shooter incident at the Henry Pratt Company that left six people dead and six others injured, including five police officers. In the days and weeks that followed, my colleague and friend, Aurora Police Chief Kristen Ziman, spoke often about […]

FEATURED BLOGGER Kristen Roman Chief of Police Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, Police Department

Each of the Twelve Principles is followed by a set of questions that you need to ask yourself if you are to maintain of become an effective police leader. At the end there are a number of leadership scenarios that can be used. I’ve been in a leadership role for most of my adult life […]

FEATURED BLOGGER David Couper Former Chief at Madison Police Department Madison, WI

Please speak to your loved ones . . . We took a call for service today regarding a fraud where a local person went to a large chain department store in Rochester, MN and purchased $2,500 in gift cards and then provided the numbers off the cards over the phone to get their computer serviced […]

FEATURED BLOGGER Lee Sjolander Chief of Police Kenyon Police Department, Minnesota

With nicer weather and longer daylight hours, we see juveniles hanging out and enjoying the opportunity to get outside. While the overwhelming majority of our youth are making good choices and living up to our expectations, we do see upticks in issues related to weapons offenses, fight calls, and disturbances as spring yields to summer. […]

FEATURED BLOGGER Michael Koval Chief of Police Madison Police Department, Wisconsin