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For several reasons, I’ve move to a new office space. After two years of occupying a small office in downtown Excelsior, I moved to a home office this past summer. Since a photo will spare you from reading a thousand of my words, here’s a shot of the new digs. Clearly I’ve settled in! There is [...] One of the things that I am dealing with through my career change transition is establishing a routine. In the old job much of my routine was imposed by someone else. Now my routine is essentially whatever I want it to be. I miss a lot of my old routine, and a [...] An important aspect of spiritual fitness is having the opportunity to talk to someone. One of my favorite movie lines comes from the movie “Crocodile Dundee”. In the movie, Mick’s girlfriend is telling him about a friend who is much healthier now that she has a good therapist. In response to Mick’s [...] Last night I had the opportunity to share some thoughts and ideas with a group of law enforcement leaders. Normally when I refer to leaders people assume I am talking about supervisors and command level personnel. Being a retired chief and being the chaplain to a couple of chiefs associations, that is usually the case. [...] As I was checking my e-mail this morning I was pleased to get the following message from my son Pete. Pete is now a resident of Alaska and a student at the University in Fairbanks. Most recently he has joined the Steese Area Fire Department and recently left dormitory life on campus and moved into [...] Well I have. And it’s one of the reasons it isn’t easy retiring this week. Meet Scott Neal, The “Friendly” City Manager of the City of Eden Prairie! I was a captain with the police department when he started with the city about 5 or 6 years ago. The signature box on his e-mails was: [...] I am still humbled and amazed by the the attendance and kind words that were shared at my EPPD retirement party last night. I had the opportunity to share stories, memories, plans for the future and a lot of laughs last night. I was blessed by the presence of friends, family, co-workers, community members, retired [...] Yesterday I had the opportunity to attend a recognition event for Chief Stephanie Good of the Orono Police Department. Chief Good is also leaving her position at the end of the year, however she is moving on to a position of Chief Deputy with the Hennepin County Sheriffs Office. She will be second in command in [...] I thought that my final few weeks at the EPPD would be sitting back and winding down and relaxing. Not last week, it was anything but. You see we had an officer involved shooting. I can’t share any details since we are going though all of the necessary checks and balances, administrative reviews and incident [...] One of the purposes of this website is to collect and disseminate stories. I’ve done some work as a police chief promoting practices and systems of information / intelligence collection and dissemination. These fusion centers focus on receiving information, analyzing it and disseminating it as intelligence that can be applied in our public safety operations. [...] I was considering making a Thanksgiving post today, just a general holiday greeting. As I checked my e-mails this morning I was greeted with the following letter. So instead, I say thank you for this wonderful Thanksgiving Day gift. And a very special thanks to all who protect and serve and spend their days (even [...] |
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