What I Learned From a Decade in Policing, and Why I Started Remake The Rules

I ended up in policing mostly by accident. When I moved to Colorado after grad school, I was looking for a way to honor a value modeled for me by my parents: a commitment to public service. I wanted to help build public institutions that were just, kind, and functional; places that could right the wrongs of the past while making public resources fair, accessible, and democratic.

I was a child of the early internet. I grew up in an idealistic time when our newly connected world felt like a fresh, golden era of scientific reason, social progress, and technological innovation. Back then, "data-driven decision-making" wasn't just a marketing buzzword; it was a genuine hope for a better, more critically engaged world. Through a confluence of chance and that desire to do good, I ended up as a statistical researcher within a large municipal police department.