Featured in the September 2021 issue of American Police Beat Magazine. Larry Wallace was the first person I met when I moved to town. I...

Featured in American Police Beat Magazine Hero flicks give us stability. They make us feel like there are still simple truths out there....

"We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor." That's some deep stuff. The men who made this pledge...

FEATURED IN AMERICAN POLICE BEAT MAGAZINE. I used to love being a cop. There was a time when I couldn’t imagine doing anything else. When...

My father and I haven’t always seen eye to eye. I’m hardly the proverbial “chip off the old block.” This was never more evident than when...

*This article was featured in the Daily Post Athenian Newspaper* "I hope that if I do go, that I went with honor and courage. I hope...

This article was featured in American Police Beat Magazine. Timesheet day. It’s a dreaded event for supervisors and human resource...

I recently, for the first time, had to put down a pet. The Duke was a hulking black Lab who’d been with me through thick and thin. I met...

Featured in American Police Beat Magazine I was recently making my way through several bins in my basement. These particular bins...

I’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...

Featured in the Daily Post Athenian Newspaper As a young college student, I was tasked with researching something related to the civil...

This article was featured in the February 2021 Issue of American Police Beat Magazine. “We have to do more with less.” I still remember...

Recently, 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...

PUBLISHED IN AMERICAN POLICE BEAT MAGAZINE “Defund the Police”. The headlines are chock full of announcements that various municipalities...

*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...

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...

*This article was featured in the July/ September issue of the FBINAA "Associate" Magazine. To see it there, click HERE. To say that the...

As 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...

*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...

I’ve always been somewhat naïve. I have fortunately outgrown some of this tendency as I’ve gotten older, steadily replacing my childish...