By Doug Wyllie In August 2021, the New York State Board of Parole terminated at six years the 10-year prison term of a man convicted of attempted robbery. The Board had apparently determined that Benjamin Abrams—known also by aliases Marty Freeman and/or Conrad Hilton—had served enough time behind bars, and should instead be placed on Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D In a rural Colorado county, an injured deputy pleaded for justice after suffering a life-altering crash. Deputy Scott Eckhardt, now disabled and retired, appeared at a sentencing hearing for Travis Fouch. In May of 2021, Fouch led a multi-jurisdictional pursuit along I-25 in southern Colorado and was subsequently charged Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski It has long been debated that so much more needs to be done for law enforcement officers burdened by all-seeing psyches and the accompanying stigma bottling it all within. Many among us repeat the mantra “We have to do better!” for our courageous cops who pack macabre realities deep down. Some police Read more »
By Doug Wyllie In early April, a Houston (TX) jury delivered a guilty verdict in the trial of a man charged with mercilessly murdering an elderly woman during an attempted robbery on a September morning in 2021. According to KHOU-TV News, 40-year-old Andrew Williams had followed 71-year-old Martha Medina from a local bank—where one might Read more »
By Steve Pomper DOD police officer’s wife pinning badge on DOD husband, son looks on, following graduation from Navy training course in 2010. Law enforcement family legacies are an enduring symbol of both an individual’s and family’s commitment to public service and public safety. However, in some places, they may not endure for long. First, I Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski The lore of federal law enforcement agencies traditionally snubbing local cops may have once been a thing but, nowadays, city cops and county deputies work alongside federal agents in various ways, pool resources and intel, and cull criminals from our streets. Like any other profession, real or perceived friction comes to the Read more »
By Steve Pomper CPD Officer Anthony Graffeo, wife, and children I recently wrote about what a shame it is that at some agencies’ law enforcement family legacies are vanishing. Then coincidence made us aware of the plight of one legacy Chicago officer, both of whose parents are retired CPD, who was shot in the line of Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D Two officers have died this year as of this writing during police helicopter operations. There were six in 2022 and one in 2020. Sixteen police officers have been killed in aircraft in the line of duty over the past decade. Although the number of officers who died in this Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski With the massive undertaking regarding former President Donald Trump’s arrival in New York City and rogue Soros-planted Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg generating his version of a “perp walk,” we witnessed the presence of and coordination by court officers maintaining some semblance of control and direction throughout the hyperbole and fanfare. So, Read more »
By Steve Pomper Louisiana Supreme Court & State Court of Appeals We have a refreshing update regarding a case of a New Orleans Police Sergeant Anthony Edenfield fired for posting “racially insensitive” comments on social media. NPA has been keeping its eye on the case. A family member, obviously concerned about Anthony’s treatment by the NOPD, Read more »