Randy Peterson

VIEW GUEST

Senior Researcher — Texas Public Policy Foundation

Randy Petersen is a senior researcher at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. Petersen spent twenty-one years in law enforcement in Bloomingdale, Illinois, working in patrol, investigations, administration, and management. After retiring from the Bloomingdale Police Department, Randy moved to Texas where he was the Director of the Tarrant County College District Criminal Justice Training Center, one of the busiest police academies in the state. The academy was responsible for basic police training for over forty different police agencies in the DFW Metroplex as well as in-service training for current law enforcement officers from all over the country. Randy is passionate about law enforcement and criminal justice policy issues. His research specialties include the militarization of law enforcement, police training, and police assisted diversion programs. Randy holds a B.S. in Legal Studies and a M.S. in Justice Administration and Crime Management from Bellevue University.

SHOW MATERIALS

View All

Don’t Defund the Police. Improve Policing.

Recent events have highlighted calls for policing reform nationwide, from both conservatives and liberals. At first glance, this sounds like a rare mo...

Featured on: Tuesday, September 8, 2020

Learn More

Viewpoints

View All

August 28, 2026

Penna Dexter

A Detrans Clinic

Texas Children’s Hospital is the nation’s largest freestanding pediatric hospital. Located in Houston, it ranks #1 in Texas and in the top tier of children’s hospitals in the U.S.

Listen

August 28, 2026

Kerby Anderson

Commitment

Lack of commitment is one of the biggest problems in marriage and relational formation.

Listen

August 27, 2026

Kerby Anderson

UFOs and God

In all my years of doing a radio commentary, I have only mentioned UFOs and extraterrestrials a few times. I recently did an interview with Derrick Warfel about his book, UFOs and God, which is a comp...

Listen