I would like to express my special thanks and gratitude to Mr. …

I lost a good friend a few days ago who left an unknown legacy for the Black sworn personnel in the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). That person was LJ Jones, a Retired Senior Detective Supervisor from LAPD. I met LJ in 1976, two years after I joined LAPD, at…

With more than 46 years of working in criminal justice, which includes over 29 years in active law enforcement and over 17 years in private practice as an expert, I have had the opportunity to provide expert analysis that lead to the fiscal settlements in the notable cases of the…

Listening to Kentucky Attorney General, Daniel Cameron, on the grand jury findings lent itself to more questions than answers. As a Police Procedure and Use of Force Expert, I question the depth of investigation that was done in this matter. …

The Jacob Blake shooting that occurred the evening of Sunday, August 23, 2020, in Kenosha, Wisconsin has caused a continued national discussion of the police shooting of what appears to be another unarmed Black man, a shooting that occurred in front of his three children 3, 5 and 8 years…

After the verdict was read on April 29, 1992, within the span of 15 minutes the city of Los Angeles was engulfed in flames and riots. The LAPD wasn’t ready and should have been prepared for the inevitable based upon trial outcome. Fast forward 28 years later the criminal justice…

As I read the essay of the late Representative John Lewis, I reflected back on the struggles of Black police officers in my generation of active law enforcement from 1974–2003. The issues and struggles during my life generation, which mirrored that of John Lewis who shared the same life generation…