Communities, Not Agencies or Unions, Must Drive Policing

I am a policeman who wore the uniform and badge for over thirty years, and for twenty-six of those years still worried about police encounters with my Black son.

I joined the law enforcement profession because of the good I saw in it--and also because of the inequities I saw. I am honored to have served the citizens and visitors to the state of Missouri and to have served with the brave men and women across the country that adorn the uniform. I’m proud to have served as Commander of Protest Security in Ferguson during the demonstrations in reaction to the 2014