The General Fund Illusion: Why Law Enforcement Funding is a Structural Shell Game “Law enforcement is just a massive drain on our general fund.” If you sit in enough city council chambers or county supervisor chambers, you will eventually hear a version of this complaint from an elected official. The narrative is as predictable as it is exhausting: public safety… Read more →
“It liberates the vandal to travel – you never saw a bigoted, opinionated, stubborn, narrow-minded, self-conceited, almighty mean man in your life but he had stuck in one place since he was born and thought God made the world and dyspepsia and bile for his especial comfort and satisfaction.” – Mark Twain, The American Abroad speech, 1868 Ioften find that… Read more →
There’s a strange, collective holding of breath that happens in an office when a CEO steps down, a department head departs, or a shift lead gets transferred elsewhere. Projects mysteriously stall. Decisions crawl to a halt. Everyone sits on their hands, waiting for the new savior to arrive. It makes one wonder: What is it about fully grown adults that… Read more →
Yes, this is a bit of a long read, yet, I’m not much into bumper sticker philosophies or soundbite solutions for lazy thinkers. I hope it will provoke thoughts and those thoughts will provoke ideas and those ideas will provoke meaningful, sustainable cultural change on behalf of Citizens and Public Safety professionals. Life is not so simple as a sound… Read more →
Leadership transitions are often framed as a clean slate, a fresh start where the new vision replaces the old. But for many incoming executives, department heads, and first-line supervisors, the reality is far more stubborn. You walk in with a plan, a collaborative spirit, and a genuine desire to involve your team, only to hit a wall of invisible resistance…. Read more →