By Stephen Owsinski Polk County, Florida Sheriff Grady Judd is not only embraced in his jurisdictional locale but widely popular across the nation. Sheriff Judd is an outspoken constitutionalist who unequivocally abhors coddling the criminal element and heralds law enforcement officers who perform dangerous duty daily and serve the public. There is good reason Sheriff Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski Among the myriad moving parts and quick-changing tides of people filled with angst at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, one unequivocal constant is etched deep: Our U.S. Capitol police force gave it their all, indelibly evidenced by one of their own succumbed to wounds sustained while repelling an enraged crowd. U.S. Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D. A walk through the archives of the Officer Down Memorial Page shows the unpredictability of lethal encounters. Officers responding to routine calls for service can find their lives at risk over the most unexpected calls. Although every officer is trained to expect the unexpected and be ready to respond Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D. There is one force that marches without regard to laws, juries, prosecutors, or politicians: time. LeBron James uses his athletic fame as a huge platform to protest the shooting of Jacob Blake. He immediately tweeted outrage against the refusal of the district attorney to criminally charge officers involved in Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski In a recent article published by GOVERNING, the gist was that our “polarized” and highly “politicized” society did not happen overnight, that our deep “divides” in modernity actually took decades to manifest. Yet, it is fair to say that despite these dynamics and their maturation period, cops have been a static norm Read more »
By Steve Pomper I wasn’t surprised to read that on Christmas that cop-hating Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes’ office apparently released, with no charges or conditions, a chronic violent offender for an alleged misdemeanor assault of a security guard. The next day, that suspect reoffended, this time reportedly committing a felony assault where he very nearly Read more »
By Steve Pomper If you ever wonder if some politicians actually respond to the clarion call to not let a crisis go to waste, you can stop wondering. I recently wrote about a city councilmember of a large American city who, while campaigning for her election, called for hiring 200 additional police officers. She was unequivocal Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D. I have no insider information on the Nashville RV bomber case, but when I heard the initial reports my first thoughts were that this was an attack on responding police officers. As initially reported, the police responded to a shots fired call. That would have attracted a number of Read more »
Sunday Jan 10th at 10am ET with Patrick Shaver, filmmaker, and police officer, online at https://Pluto.TV/live-tv/The-First or on the https://www.thefirsttv.com/ app or after broadcast on https://www.youtube.com/c/NationalPoliceAssociation
By Stephen Owsinski As we step foot into 2021 and give 2020 the proverbial boot, changes may be afoot while some other things remain business-as-usual. One guaranteed constant though: law enforcement officers will continue to show up…much like the two Woodstock cops here, with definite demonstration that cops are always going to be there for Read more »