Indianapolis – July 6, 2025. The National Police Association announced today it has awarded the Enfield, CT Police Department’s Explorer Program a $1000.00 grant. The Police Explorers program is a nationally recognized initiative designed to introduce young adults—typically between the ages of 14 and 20—to the field of law enforcement. Through structured training, mentorship, and Read more »
Indianapolis – June 22, 2025. The First Amendment protects each citizen’s guaranteed right to peaceful expression and lawful assembly. The U.S. Constitution does not, however, give license to engage in lawless acts or violate the rights of others. Blocking public roads is a reckless act that causes traffic accidents and injuries, perpetuates violence, and prevents Read more »
Amongst a wave of stories just like it, a Miami Herald article warns that a sheriff department’s decision to sign a 287(g) partnership agreement with ICE will “erode trust in cops.” In truth, the 287(g) partnership model has operated for nearly three decades, removing violent felons, winning broad public approval, and giving local sheriffs a federal back‑up Read more »
Indianapolis – June 20, 2025. Illegal wildlife trafficking feeds a growing market for exotic pets, bushmeat, and animal parts used to make non-essential luxury items. It’s a profitable crime that generates between $7.8 billion and $10 billion dollars annually, per estimates from the Wildlife Conservation Society. These violent organized cartels, which are usually aligned with Read more »
Indianapolis – June 13, 2025. Federal immigration officers confront some of the nation’s most merciless criminal enterprises. These include gangs like MS-13 and Tren De Aragua, whose members have been implicated in heinous crimes that include ritualized killings, victim intimidation, home invasions, and drug trafficking. Given this propensity for violence, it’s imperative to protect the Read more »
Indianapolis, June 9, 2025. The National Police Association (NPA) condemns in the strongest possible terms the refusal of California’s elected officials to instruct demonstrators to stop blocking public streets and highways during the ongoing anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) protests. Over the weekend and into this morning, protesters repeatedly blocked the 101 Freeway and key Read more »
Indianapolis – June 5, 2025. Although police officers are held to a higher standard, they are still entitled to due process of law. This is not always the case, however. With unregulated Brady-Giglio lists, officers’ reputations are being irreparably harmed and careers derailed without proper cause. The National Police Association (NPA) is encouraged by the Read more »
On January 22, 2019, 26-year veteran Atlanta Police Officer Sung H. Kim, also a deputized member of the FBI’s Atlanta Violent Crime Task Force, joined a team attempting to arrest Jimmy Atchison on an armed robbery warrant. According to court documents, Atchison fled from officers, first jumping from a window and then running through a Read more »
When Serus Walters, a 20-year-old drifter with a taste for random violence, pleaded guilty on May 19 to three savage assaults in Cleveland, the victims thought the nightmare was finally over. Attorney David Dudley—64 years old, ribs fractured, shoulder cartilage torn, skull kicked like a football—sat in the courtroom waiting for justice. Instead, he watched Read more »
Indianapolis – May 29, 2025. Due to an ongoing police shortage that an ideological war on law enforcement has propelled, officers are being called upon to work mandatory overtime hours to fill staffing gaps. Grueling work schedules can leave these men and women with little time to decompress, spend time with loved ones, and tend Read more »