There is an appealing simplicity to the phrase “we are all in the same boat.” It suggests shared danger, shared sacrifice, and shared responsibility. Continue Reading
Leadership
Want to Know the Morale of a Police Department? Ask the Cops
If someone asked me how to determine the morale of a police department, my first question would be simple. Who are you asking? If you are sitting down Continue Reading
A Million Zeroes Still Don’t Add Up to One
Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung once wrote something that should probably be posted in every headquarters, corporate boardroom, and executive office in Continue Reading
Stop Building the Enemy’s Biography
By Juan Pablo Vivaldi Remy Every staff I have served on eventually does the same thing when intelligence grows thin: someone starts building the Continue Reading
Stand Upright or Step Aside
Take a minute to think about the phrase, “to serve.” What does it mean to you—not as a slogan, but as a lived reality? What emotion does it stir when Continue Reading
The Beer Wasn’t the Point
What the Air Force Lost When We Stopped Knowing Our Troops At the end of a particularly miserable day on the flightline, sometimes your supervisor Continue Reading
God Told Me I Wouldn’t Die
Colonel Keith Gentile is a tough guy. A former U-2 pilot, TACP ground controller, and combat veteran of Iraq as a commander of MNF-I, he was known by Continue Reading
So Many Leaders Inspired Me… to Be Nothing Like Them.
Leadership books are filled with stories of great men and women whose example is worth following. Military history is populated by names that have Continue Reading
CompStat Is Not the Problem
CompStat was created to make police departments more informed, responsive, and accountable. It gave command staff access to timely crime information, Continue Reading
Pulvis et Umbra Sumus: “We Are Dust and Shadow”
There’s a quiet brutality in the Latin phrase pulvis et umbra sumus—we are dust and shadow. It’s not motivational. It doesn’t belong on a recruiting Continue Reading
What a Police Chief Leaves Behind
During my career, I've had the opportunity to work under and have met several police chiefs. Like every police officer, I've seen different leadership Continue Reading
Why You Should Enlist in the National Guard Before Commissioning
Of all the routes to a commission, writes Army veteran Eric Milzarski at We Are The Mighty, "only one in-road immediately garners respect, admiration, Continue Reading