by Mike Butler | Feb 20, 2024 | Blog
The word ‘transparency’ is often utilized when characterizing the attributes of a good organization or perhaps as a component of integrity. Transparency was certainly a part of what was important for us in our police department in Longmont, but what really helped us...
by Mike Butler | Jan 9, 2024 | Blog
Have you ever been in a room where several different people had persisting divergent ideas about how to move forward, solve a problem, or respond to a set of circumstances? We all have, and we tend to know that it happens much more frequently than it used to. Name a...
by Mike Butler | Dec 14, 2023 | Blog
If the media, the pundits, the columnists, the podcasters, leaders at all levels, and each of us talked of the prevailing and abundant goodness in our midst instead of any one personality or partisan politics, our country would feel much differently. Let’s speak of...
by Mike Butler | Nov 22, 2023 | Blog
Imagine, for a moment, a world in which police departments act not only as enforcers of the law but also as healers of the woundedness in their communities. Envision social and health issues being addressed in a much more comprehensive way where tens of thousands of...
by Mike Butler | Oct 12, 2023 | Blog
By: Dana Cadey, Times Call Reporter The following is an excerpt from the Times Call article: A new Longmont-based nonprofit is working to create better communities by empowering the citizens within them. The School of Statesmanship, Stewardship, and Service was...
