The first two decades of my career I never heard the word “police reform” but that doesn’t mean the profession isn’t constantly improving. From generation to generation, long before we started using fancy words, the profession improved. My father began his law enforcement career in 1972 and he witnessed a significant decline in officer deaths while the crime rate plummeted in his 27 years of service. It was the era of officer survival training, spurred by change agents such as Chuck Remsberg, and the advent of technologies such as ballistic vests and retention holsters that reduced felonious deaths from a horrific period leading into the 1980’s.
I love it! Thank you, by the way Travis, for creating the below 100 protocol with help that you pioneered through that time.
I have two words for fancy language discussions… “Protect“ and “Serve.“ if it doesn’t start and end there then we have failed.
We need that shift back to the basics of leadership. Great work.