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Monthly Archives: June 2013
To drone or not to drone. Is that the question?
I think the question with drones is not whether to deploy them but why, how and when to deploy them. What are the values and the purpose that shall guide their use? How will police be held accountable for honoring … Continue reading
A Venerable Service in Need of a Renewed Mission
Urban firefighting in the US is a venerable, honored vocation. It has earned veneration for the heroism of its practitioners over the centuries. Long before “crime” as we know it today fire terrified everyone. The poorer you were the more … Continue reading
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Tagged fire service, Firefighting, mission, new mission, paradigm shift, police, public health, public safety, strategic planning
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Peter Forbes: A Big Opportunity at DYS
The Governor has named Peter Forbes the new commissioner of the Department of Youth Services. This is a huge opportunity for everyone in Massachusetts who wants to help kids and who seeks to create innovative solutions to youth violence. It’s … Continue reading
What’s the Value of “Little Things”? What the Late Sean Collier Taught Us
Like many old bromides, the saying “take care of the little things and the big things will take care of themselves” is true a lot. I have been thinking about this for awhile for two reasons: prompted by discussions in … Continue reading
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Tagged leadership, MIT, police safety, protect, Sean Collier, take care of little things, TSLP
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We Have to Ask: Should We, Just Because We May?
This month the Supreme Court ruled that police may continue to take DNA from all arrested persons. This is the latest in a long series of rulings in which the Court has granted police wide legal latitude in operations. Two … Continue reading
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Tagged Badaracco, decsionmaking, DNA, moral choices, police, right versus right
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How Do Police Recruit the 3 Kids from Sports Illustrated Magazine?
Retired Fitchburg MA Police Chief Ed Cronin (as thoughtful a police executive as you will meet) asked a group recently, what further good can we make of the current wave of goodwill the police are enjoying because of all the gallant … Continue reading
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