At the turn of the last century, progressive “muckraking” author Lincoln Steffans asked this question of major American cities. Tammany Hall reigned in New York. Kickbacks to city officials were common for work done in the cities. He concluded the real problem was the people living in the cities who didn’t care enough to learn… Read More
Santa Ana Police and John Birch Society
In 2020, after the horrific killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, viewed around the world on public media, the question of police reform is again on the minds of legislators and policy makers at the local, state and federal levels. A familiarity of the evolutionary history, tracing how a municipal department could,… Read More