I was a 14-year veteran officer when I decided I needed to prepare for change. I could no longer expect that I would be an officer for 30 years. The laws were changing, the public view of police was changing, and I was changing. On top of the political complications around policing, there were the […]

When I was a kid, I always tried to get away with not doing something. Whether it was my chores, schoolwork, helping around the home, or anything else you can think of that a kid wouldn’t want to do, I kept looking for a shortcut. My mother took note of all the corners I cut […]

The other day I had a very young client who knew about fallen officer, T.J. Bomba in Montgomery County. He’s in elementary school and incredibly intelligent for his age. Children are insightful and aware of what happens around them even when we don’t think they are. He told his mother that sometimes parents don’t come […]