Please Help Lift These Officers Up: Writers – I’ve never hesitated or asked for anything in return for helping you out with questions or...

FIT@50 / week 40 Big Shoes Facebook launches these memories and top posts apps along with other fun and invasive things every so often. I...

FIT@50 / week 39 Let’s Walk The water in the background is Bayou Lafourche. Growing up in Cajun Country I swam in that bayou, paddled a...

Game Changers: What happened on April 20, 1999? Law enforcement may not recall the date, but we know the outcome. It’s when our patient...

The Donut and San Bernardino NOTE: I originally wrote this for my Facebook page, which has since gone viral across the web. I wanted to...

Hi All, It’s official – I’m retiring from law enforcement on August 28, 2015. I tried to think of an introspective post about bringing a...

This week honors Emergency Dispatchers – the life lines who answer frantic 9-1-1 calls, dispatches officers to the scene and records the...

It’s My Anniversary: This has been a banner year for me. Within weeks of celebrating my 50th birthday, I’m now blessed with my 25th...

Last month I visited the National Law Enforcement Memorial in Washington, DC. I stood over the granite wall with the carvings of more...

“We are a shining example to the nation that you can combine compassion and policing to achieve great things.” Those are the words heard...

To my civilian friends: I’m sorry.  I’m sorry you have to worry about my brother & sister law enforcement officers and me.  I’m sorry...

In our interviews, we heard many other stories of crucible experiences. Take Jack Coleman, 78-year-old former president of Haverford...

Geeks and Geezers We didn’t set out to learn about crucibles. Our research for this article and for our new book, Geeks and Geezers, was...

My heart weighs heavy in this week before the important decisions contemplated by a civilian grand jury in another state. After nearly 25...

Us versus Them: Sunday I shared the burden on my spirit in anticipation of the grand jury decision, “If Not Us, Who?”...

Learning From Difference A crucible is, by definition, a transformative experience through which an individual comes to a new or an...

What makes a leader As lifelong students of leadership, we are fascinated with the notion of what makes a leader. Why is it that certain...

Warrior Dash DASHED Fitness Benchmark #1 has been met. This weekend was the Warrior Dash in St. Francisville, La. Our team of...

Officers choose their morale. Everyone has a personal life, just make sure you check it at the Squad Room door. The public we serve...

Monkey See. Monkey Do Seems after nine weeks the theme of Cops-n-Kilts has turned into Kids-n-Kilts. The kiddo not only loves his Boston...