Arrested Development

A veteran police chief, David Couper, describes the seven steps that are necessary to improve our nation's police. You will find that they can apply to your workplace as well. Couper led the Madison Police Department for over twenty years. Those years were filled with anti-war, abortion, and civil rights protests. At the same time, he had to modify deadly force rules, integrate the department with men and women, and attract a new breed police officers who were committed to serving people and protecting their rights. The Madison Police Department evolved into world-class organization under his leadership the department became expert in handling public protest without violence and developing a collaborative workplace that deeply listened to its many and diverse communities. This is what police in a democracy do and those police who don't must change.