Search About Newsletters Donate

Police Chiefs

Tamar Massaneh, center, at a Mothers Against Senseless Killings event with police officers in Chicago in August.
Commentary October 30, 2018
Why Police Should Embrace Communities—Not Shut Them Out
A former police chief on why the job should be more than “runnin’ and gunnin’.”
Cedric Alexander
Portland Police Chief Penny Harrington, center, in 1986 with her husband, Officer Bruce Gary Harrington, and her sister, police Capt. Roberta Webber.
Looking Back September 5, 2018
A Police Pioneer on Her Unfinished Business
Portland’s first female chief, Penny Harrington, recalls the steep climb to the top.
By
Q&A August 16, 2016
Milwaukee’s Police Chief on Open-Carry Gun Laws
“It’s lunacy in an urban environment.”
By
Commentary July 17, 2016
Five Voices on Reforming the Front End of Justice
While the feds fiddle, some locals are innovating.
By J. Scott Thompson, John Chisholm, Leah Garabedian, Barbara Broderick, and Sallie Clark.
Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy held a press conference to announce the arrests of four men in a shooting at Chicago’s Cornell Square Park in September, 2013.
News October 21, 2015
Top Cops and Prosecutors Form Alliance to Battle Crime and Prison Crowding
New group backs bipartisan proposals to ease drug sentencing, solitary confinement.
By
Former Baltimore Police Department Commissioner Anthony Batts during a news conference about the death of Freddie Gray in April.
Analysis July 10, 2015
The Rise and Fall of Anthony Batts
He was more at home at Harvard than on the streets.
By
Q&A June 11, 2015
Lessons for Bratton on How to Recruit Black Officers
A conversation with Atlanta’s Chief of Police, George Turner.
By
Baltimore Police Department Commissioner Anthony Batts surveys the corner of North and Pennsylvania avenues on April 30. Months before the death of Freddie Gray in police custody, Batts had asked for assistance in reforming his department from the Justice Department’s Office of Community Oriented Police Services.
News May 2, 2015
Baltimore’s Polite Police Reform
The softer side of Justice Department intervention.
By
Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony Batts during a press conference on April 25 on the death of Freddie Gray.
News April 28, 2015
Meet Anthony Batts
A brief, aggregated history of the Baltimore police commissioner at the eye of the storm.
By
Anthony Batts speaking last September at the Brennan Center for Justice in New York.
News April 23, 2015
‘There is a Visceral Hatred for the People Who Wear This Uniform.’
Baltimore’s chief on policing in black communities.
By
About
People
Jobs
Sitemap
Funders