Karl W. Bickel

Members of the District of Columbia National Guard, stand next to an M-ATV infantry mobility vehicle, outside the Union Station in Washington, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Don’t fall for Trump’s crime rhetoric | GUEST COMMENTARY

August 19, 2025 at 3:05 p.m.

Donald Trump's crackdown on crime in Washington, D.C., is performative politics, writes Karl W. Bickel.

An ICE agent monitors hundreds of asylum seekers being processed upon entering the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building on June 6, 2023, in New York City. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images/TNS)

Maryland can find compromise on ICE controversy | GUEST COMMENTARY

July 9, 2025 at 1:29 p.m.

There is a compromise solution to controversy over ICE's 287(g) program, writes Karl W. Bickel.

Officers’ bill of rights is not the problem

June 7, 2019 at 7:49 a.m.

On Monday, we saw a renewed attack on the Law Enforcement Officers Bill of Rights (LEOBR) here in Maryland. Once again, well intentioned advocates for police accountability are misdirecting their...

Restoring police training program could restore faith in police

June 7, 2019 at 7:34 a.m.

On the 18th of December, President Barack Obama signed an executive order creating the Task Force on 21st Century Policing. The Task Force will work closely with the Justice Department's...

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