Law Enforcement Recruiting: We Must Embrace Change

Law Enforcement Recruiting: We Must Embrace Change

The law enforcement profession is dying a slow death. While I have made it my life mission to help encourage leaders to develop great law enforcement agencies, if we fail to recruit, that potential will waste away slowly and painfully. While many failed to heed the...
Leadership In The Aftermath of Memphis

Leadership In The Aftermath of Memphis

Below is the text from the “Courageous Leadership” Podcast featuring Travis Yates. You can listen to this episode here.   By now you have no doubt heard about the horrific death of Tyre Nichols and you have likely watched the video of the incident. In...
The Thin Blue Line

The Thin Blue Line

Law enforcement has suffered another case of a police chief forsaking officers, giving in to public opinion (aka “outrage”), and failing to lead courageously. It could have been a moment to educate the public and correct misperceptions. However, the chief of the Los...
How ‘Community Trust’ Is Being Used To Destroy Policing

How ‘Community Trust’ Is Being Used To Destroy Policing

A day doesn’t go by where I don’t see a police chief in America talking about their priority in “community trust.” I doubt anyone can even get that job without telling their political boss that “trust” is the most important aspect of policing and a quick google search...
Do Hard Things

Do Hard Things

I’ve never been a fan of New Year’s resolutions but I understand the mentality of them. If you go to a public gym, you are well aware that within a few weeks the new crowd will disappear along with the vast majority of every resolution embarked on. You may...