Author: Anne Kelleher

I subscribe to HBO for one reason: Last Week Tonight.  John Oliver has an uncanny ability to summarize the complexities of current affairs.  However, his episode on policing does require some context, at least in terms of law enforcement training.  John showed a short clip of a Dave Grossman seminar in which Lt. Grossman talks…

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Serve and Protect: Considering the Legitimacy of the Police As I watch the events of the last couple of weeks unfold, and reflect on past incidents of police/citizen encounters, I recall the words of my police ethics instructor, the late Dr. Michael Caldero, “Police hold a monopoly on the legitimate use of coercive force.” I’ve…

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