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Welcome to the Crosden Consulting Blog, where Chief Hughes and a team of public safety experts share insights, updates, and practical strategies on leadership, risk management, legal considerations, and law enforcement trends. Whether you're a police executive, supervisor, or frontline officer, this blog provides real-world perspectives and actionable takeaways to help you navigate today’s challenges.
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MANUFACTURED EMERGENCIES
By: Chief Scott Hughes (ret.)
The recent lawsuit filed following the death of 19-year-old Amir Jordan in Cincinnati caught my attention, but probably for a different reason than most. Jordan was s...
By: Chief Scott Hughes (ret.)
On May 8, I walked out of the police department for the last time as chief of police. After nearly 30 years in law enforcement, including the last decade as police ch...
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𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐑𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞
By: Chief Scott Hughes
Over the past several weeks, we've watched communities debate whether they should continue using automated license plate reader technology. In Cleveland, police officials wa...
𝐃𝐨 𝐖𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐢𝐬?
We've Become Too Comfortable With Excuses
By: Chief Scott Hughes (ret.)
One of the benefits of teaching around the country is that I get to spend time with police officers and leaders from agencies of all sizes.
Different states. Differe...
The Hidden Danger of Lazy Supervision
by: Chief Scott Hughes
Most problems inside police departments don’t start with major misconduct. They start with small things that go unaddressed: corners cut, standards ignored, behaviors that e...
By: Chief Scott Hughes
Major League Baseball may have unintentionally sparked one of the best public demonstrations of real-time human decision-making in years.
Major League Baseball has o...
Accountability Isn’t Punishment, It's Protection
By: Chief Scott Hughes
Some officers today struggle with accountability.
Not because they’re bad people.
Not because they don’t care.
But because accountability has started to feel like punishmen...
What This Arkansas PIT Case Really Teaches Us About Video, Perception, and Critical Incidents
By: Chief Scott Hughes
If you’re watching this video with the benefit of hindsight, the mistake may seem obvious.
What’s less obvious, and far more important, is what the trooper was experienci...
Why Police Agencies Should Take Roll Call Seriously
By: Chief Scott Hughes
Let’s talk about roll call.
Not the version where everyone is sitting at a table or leaning against the wall half-asleep, scrolling their phones like they’re waiting for a ...
