Former Minneapolis Police Chief | Former Newark Public Safety Director | Now helping modernize American policing. Medium: https://xitter.cf/t.co/7uXNbE2gPT
Newark, NJ
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I fought to expand @ShotSpotter in Minneapolis and took heat for it. No tool stops shootings. But it gets help to someone bleeding out faster, often a minute+ before 911. It cost about two cops a year. If it saves just one life, how could it not be worth it?
“So this is real. This is real to me.”
A close friend of SoundThinking CEO Ralph Clark was shot in Oakland.
A ShotSpotter alert brought officers to the scene before the first 911 call came in. They rushed him to Highland Hospital, saving his life.
Ralph shared this story on WMNF’s Wide Awake America. open.spotify.com/episode/0cv…
#ShotSpotter #PublicSafety #CommunitySafety
First in line and got it in before sunrise. Whatever your schedule, make the time to get yours in too.
#ElectionDay #Vote #NewJersey
License plate readers can stop a threat. They can also be abused. The answer is clear rules: verify alerts, limit data retention, and require independent oversight. My new Hill op-ed: oharaleadership.substack.com…
Leading from the front means owning decisions. Holding the center means keeping people together when politics pulls them apart. My first essay explores both. Read and subscribe: oharaleadership.substack.com…
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Kudos to PERF for highlighting and advocating for this essential technology. The controversies surrounding this issue are largely the result of inadequate policies, accountability, and training. You can expect what you inspect. Clearly there were not enough inspections as well as a failure on the part of the police and the camera companies to early on educate and involve the public to gain their support.
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Leaders like @SheriffEd_HCSO and @SeanTeareHCDAO, along with their teams, understand the importance of fulfilling their statutory duties.
Americans, especially Texans, have long been wary of federal and state overreach and fiercely protective of local control.
No badge, agency, or level of government should be above the law. Accountability is not optional, and jurisdiction should never be mistaken for immunity.
Proud of my former colleagues for standing up for the rule of law and the people they serve.
#RelationalPolicing
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If you care about solving violent crime and protecting privacy, this bill should worry you. My op-ed in @njdotcom lays out four practical fixes for Trenton. @policingproject #NJPolitics #PublicSafety
A former police chief argues the bill deletes evidence too fast while leaving oversight too weak, and offers four fixes lawmakers should adopt Read more here 👉 mrf.lu/2HhgT
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Remember our @NYPDMTS brother, P.O. Anthony Dwyer, who made the ultimate sacrifice on this day in 1989 after he was thrown from a rooftop by a fleeing armed robbery suspect. He is never forgotten. #FidelisAdMortem
Police can embrace new technology. They cannot outsource responsibility for governance.
My latest for @routefifty on what license plate readers can teach us about AI—and why verification must come before enforcement.
COMMENTARY | Compliance, training and verification should be the floor, not the finish line, as law enforcement seeks to use new technologies.
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COMMENTARY | Compliance, training and verification should be the floor, not the finish line, as law enforcement seeks to use new technologies.
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With a heavy heart, I share that @PPD19Dist P/O Shane Seiber has passed away from his injuries. We have lost a brave officer and a devoted husband & father. Please keep his family, our wounded officer and the entire PPD family in your prayers. We’ll stand beside his family always
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In recognition of the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the World Trade Center Memorial Fund have installed a new memorial at the World Trade Center campus.
The Port Authority Employee Memorial honors the nearly 90 agency employees who died on 9/11 and the February 1993 World Trade Center bombing, as well as those who have been sickened or died from illnesses as a result of working on post-9/11 recovery efforts.
Located at Liberty Park, the memorial provides a quiet space for remembrance near the agency’s headquarters at 4 World Trade Center. Read the full press release here: ow.ly/vslZ50ZGHfO
"Beams and struts slammed into one another. As each floor failed, the falling mass increased, picking up velocity. About 500,000 tons of concrete and steel sped to the earth, reaching an estimated 124 mph.
The @FDNY lost 343 men on 9/11; 65 of their sons and daughters now serve."
Twenty-five years after 9/11, “Never Forget” is a T-shirt slogan. A third of the American public is too young to recall the day. But for families affected, the tragedy is ever present. Sally Jenkins on two sons’ search for their firefighter father: theatlantic.com/magazine/202…
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Vamos juntos a reconstruir a Colombia 🇨🇴❤️
Haz aquí tu aporte 👉🏽 presentes.co/dona/
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Our first-ever Cops and Kids Back-to-School Gaming Event is underway, bringing nearly 400 young people and PPD officers together for an afternoon of games, activities, school supplies and plenty of fun as we get ready for a new school year!
Grateful everyone aboard arrived safely. The @united flight attendants showed extraordinary patience and professionalism through an extended effort to de-escalate the situation, and the @BergenCountySo acted quickly when intervention became necessary.
Retired Minneapolis police chief helps subdue United Airlines passenger after alleged alcohol-cutoff outburst trib.al/AWAKINy
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Video shows arrest of unruly passenger on flight to Fort Lauderdale local10.com/news/local/2026/…
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What are you doing tonight? Probably not dancing with @ppdcommish! You could be - so come on out to #NationalNightOut - it's the next best thing to winning the Powerball!