I keep hoping that one of these days I will turn on the morning news and see something positive about policing. National events impact many of our citizens here. They want reassurance that our use of force and interaction with those we serve are not what is happening in some areas of the country. They […]

FEATURED BLOGGER Gordon Ramsay Chief of Police Duluth Police Department, Minnesota

We’ve seen several news reports lately of what first responders to the San Bernardino shootings experienced when confronting active shooters last week. That’s made me think about those officers and what they must be going through one week later. This was certainly a different circumstance than most officer-involved shootings. No one has questioned that they […]

FEATURED BLOGGER Darryl Forté Chief of Police Kansas City Police Department, Missouri

We are living in the age of instant, where the time involved in slapping two slices of bread and a Kraft single into a frying pan with a pat of butter seems so time consuming as to justify a product designed to speed the process. Yesterday’s big events in Lincoln–the City’s first murder of 2015, […]

FEATURED BLOGGER Tom Casady Director of Public Safety Lincoln Department of Public Safety, Nebraska

Soon you will see newspaper and television stories about officer-involved shootings in Kansas City. They likely will feature emotional statements from loved ones saying they wish the shootings never had to happen. Those of us in law enforcement wish the same thing. The very last thing any officer wants to do is take the life […]

FEATURED BLOGGER Darryl Forté Chief of Police Kansas City Police Department, Missouri

Like many of you, I often head off to work in the morning taking the dreaded Beltline (if ever there was a more compelling reason to take the bus, this is prima facie proof)! Since I am typically in the office downtown between 6:30-7:00 a.m., traffic flow is not at gridlock (yet) and I often […]

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

In the past month there have been three heroin overdoses in Eden Prairie resulting in two deaths. In the case of the survivor, first responders administered naloxone, a medication that reverses the effects of a heroin, and saved the person’s life. All three people were young adults in their 20s. This fall, all EPPD police […]

FEATURED BLOGGER Eden Prairie Police Department Eden Prairie, Minnesota

Smart guns are firearms that incorporate some type of technology that makes it difficult for anyone other than the authorized user to discharge the weapon. There are several such technologies, but to the best of my knowledge, no smart gun is commercially available in the United States. Yesterday, a reader asked me address my view […]

FEATURED BLOGGER Tom Casady Director of Public Safety Lincoln Department of Public Safety, Nebraska

This has come up a couple of times lately. Drivers don’t seem to know that if they don’t respond to tickets they are subject to a default judgment which causes a suspended drivers license. It is against the law to drive on a suspended license–you get arrested. It is a common arrest and done by […]

FEATURED BLOGGER Doreen Olko Director of Public Safety Auburn Hills Department of Public Safety, Michigan

Issues of racial disparity in Dane County have been well-chronicled. Whether the context be education, economics or the criminal justice system, the sad fact remains that people of color are starkly impacted. In the near future, an ad hoc committee convened by the City will examine our policies, procedures, and training to see — among […]

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

I blogged earlier this week about PulsePoint, a remarkable application that uses location-based services to deliver CPR alerts to nearby citizens who could potentially be rescuers. There is an interesting back story to PulsePoint, by it’s founder, Richard Price. He tells the full story in this 12 minute TEDx, but here’s the condensed version: he’s […]

FEATURED BLOGGER Tom Casady Director of Public Safety Lincoln Department of Public Safety, Nebraska