By Steve Pomper Many Seattle politicians can find nothing about the police department they like—except for defunding or otherwise disrespecting it. Whatever they can do to take any amount of prestige away from the cops the happier city leaders are. For example, until recently, the parking enforcement unit was attached to the police department. But Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski I recently observed a farrier replacing horseshoes for a police-certified equine member of a metropolitan police force. I got to thinking about the role these beautiful animals fill among American law enforcement agencies. Much like police canines possessing super-sensory capacity and unceasing vigor with certain skills human counterparts admire and respect, horses Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D In the ancient world, those who were appointed as special protectors were highly regarded and feared. From ancient Babylon to ancient Greece, agents of kings and courts were given broad powers to investigate, enforce, and even execute. It was likely Augusts Caesar who made one of the first police Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski We don’t often hear about Indian Reservations and the often-remote tribal police departments whose jurisdictions are deemed federal lands…until a line-of-duty death (LODD) occurs. On June 2, 2022, a White Mountain Apache Police Department officer in rural eastern Arizona stopped an automobile. Reports indicate the motorist and the tribal police officer engaged Read more »
By Steve Pomper While the anti-police forces infecting this nation haven’t been able totally to defund or abolish the police, some have been “successful” enough in depleting staffing and hobbling cops who remain on the job. For example, according to an AP story reprinted in The Seattle Times, “The Washington State Patrol [WSP] says drivers Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D “The cops won’t do anything anyway”, “There’s no chance I’ll get my stolen property back”, “I hate to bother the police, they have more important things to worry about”. Those are some of the many reasons crimes go unreported. The crime rates that the average American hears about are Read more »
Chief Robert Jones The National Police Association has awarded the Gans, OK Police Department a $1000.00 grant. The grant will support the purchase of first aid kits and other safety supplies for the officers. Gans is a town in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Read more »