David Teodosio at Police Chief Magazine

Tech Talk: IACP Law Enforcement Information Technology Section Celebrates 50 Years

In 1976, a group of law enforcement leaders met to discuss the current and potential uses of information technology. At that time its use in policing was limited—as it was in many other professions�...

Traffic Safety Initiatives

Traffic Safety Initiatives: Reimagining Minor Crash Response

While there are law enforcement agencies that are fully staffed, many do not have the resources necessary for timely response to every call for service. When considering how leadership could improve o...

Focus on Officer Wellness

Focus on Officer Wellness: Bringing Grit to Police Psychology

Few team turnarounds are as inspiring as the recent success of the National Football League’s Detroit Lions. When ownership of the team transitioned to Shelia Ford in 2020, she selected Dan Campbell...

Criminal Justice Reform

Officers in riot gear advance through tear gas; one holds baton, another shield; hooded civilian moves away amid smoky, tense urban backdrop.

Lessons in Crisis and Change

Between 2010 and 2025, U.S. policing underwent one of the most transformative—and one of the most turbulent—periods in modern history. Two moments stand out as bookends to this era of change: the ...

Criminal Justice Reform

Officers in riot gear stand near graffitied police car; smoke fills air under highway overpass in tense urban setting.

From Crisis to Reform

Between 2010 and 2025, public order policing has undergone a profound—yet often unheralded—transformation. In some parts of Europe and the United States, the traditional logic of “crowd contro...

Criminal Justice Reform

Seven uniformed officers with shields stand at night outside City of Ferguson Police Department and Municipal Court; flags and wooden structure nearby

Ferguson Changed Policing. Living It Changed Me.

In August 2014, I was serving as a captain in the Forest Park Police Department in Metro Atlanta, Georgia. I had been in that role for over two years and was just beginning to find my footing and unde...

Criminal Justice Reform

Minneapolis officer in uniform shakes hands with man in star-spangled shirt; outdoor event with signs, crowd, and festive atmosphere.

A City in Flames, A Nation in Crisis

On May 28, 2020, the Minneapolis, Minnesota, Police Department’s Third Precinct station was overrun and set ablaze. Two years later, I became the Minneapolis police chief and visited the abandone...

Chief's Counsel

Chief’s Counsel: SCOTUS Affirms Totality Standard in Use-of-Force Cases

On May 15, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in Barnes v. Felix, fundamentally altering the legal evaluation of excessive force claims under the Fourth Amendment. The ruling reje...