CD CouchApr 25 minReform and StaffingFeatured in American Police Beat Magazine I was recently making my way through several bins in my basement. These particular bins...
CD CouchMar 47 minHarder Than it Looks! Improving Understanding Amongst the RanksI’d been a chief for a few years and was catching up with a former coworker back home. During the time since I’d moved away, I’d been...
CD CouchFeb 264 minMy Friend JuniorFeatured in the Daily Post Athenian Newspaper As a young college student, I was tasked with researching something related to the civil...
CD CouchFeb 197 minCyclical BurnoutThis article was featured in the February 2021 Issue of American Police Beat Magazine. “We have to do more with less.” I still remember...
CD CouchDec 28, 20203 minLessons From a BirthdateRecently, I turned 41. The most obvious thing for most people to reflect on would be how rotten of a time the first year of their 40’s...
CD CouchDec 26, 20207 minThe Irony of the Defund Movement“Defund the Police”. The headlines are chock full of announcements that various municipalities are defunding” their law enforcement...
CD CouchDec 6, 20206 minA Set Up for Failure*This article was featured on Policeone.com. Of all the wrecks I had as a young deputy, the most noteworthy (or at least one of my top...
CD CouchNov 18, 20206 minPandemic Policing and "Police Nullification"This article was featured in the November 2020 edition of American Police Beat Magazine. The last decade has been a wild ride for the law...
CD CouchOct 27, 20205 minREFORM AND UNREST: Hidden Opportunities in Difficult Times*This article was featured in the July/ September issue of the FBINAA "Associate" Magazine. To see it there, click HERE. To say that the...
CD CouchOct 14, 20208 minThe Limits of LeadershipAs a new police chief, one of the most surprising (and frustrating) things that I learned was just how limited I was in my ability to...
CD CouchOct 9, 20206 minThe Challenge of Change*This article was featured on Policeone.com. You can access it here. I’m very quickly approaching the decade mark of my tenure as a...
CD CouchSep 27, 202010 minStopping Profit Based PolicingI’ve always been somewhat naïve. I have fortunately outgrown some of this tendency as I’ve gotten older, steadily replacing my childish...
CD CouchSep 6, 20203 minBalanced By DesignDuring the first few weeks of the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, our collective attention seemed focused on questions of immediate...
CD CouchApr 21, 20205 minThe Problems with Cities and CountiesIn the United States, government is generally built around the concept of cities and counties. Counties are the arm of the state and...
CD CouchApr 18, 20205 minCities and Counties: What's the Difference?What's the difference between a city and a county?
CD CouchApr 2, 20204 minThis Too Shall PassLike every other person in the world, my life has been drastically altered by the current Coronavirus pandemic. It’s spring of 2020, and...
CD CouchMar 29, 20203 minA Choice in Dark TimesIt's difficult to find an apt comparison for the situation we find ourselves in. Some politicians have used WWII, and this is probably a...
CD CouchMar 22, 20208 minPolice, Sheriffs or Something Else Altogether?What's the difference between a sheriff and a police department?
CD CouchMar 5, 20206 minThe Media is Definitely Biased... and It's Still Worth ProtectingAfter years of government service in the law enforcement sector, I’m well aware of the dangers of “conflict of interest”. I couldn’t...
CD CouchMar 5, 20203 minChanging WorldsAs I write this, I’ve been a law enforcement officer for over 15 years. It would be an understatement to say that I’ve been...
