Indianapolis – December 21, 2023. The Remembering Our Local Heroes Act (H.R. 5318) establishes a federal grant program to fund community memorials honoring police officers, firefighters, and members of the U.S. military, either living or deceased. The bill was re-introduced by Rep. Claudia Tenney (NY-24) and Rep. Chris Pappas (NH-01) in the U.S. House of Read more »
(Indianapolis) December 19, 2023 – The National Police Association announced its support today for the Washington D.C., Addressing Crime Trends (ACT) Now Amendment Act of 2023. The anti-crime package seeks to fight organized retail theft, stop loitering that facilitates open-air drug markets, rolls back some recently enacted anti-policing restrictions, and allows an additional charge against Read more »
“I never would have believed my own department/employer would do to me and my family what has been done. Never!” By Steve Pomper This haunting realization is a portion of catastrophically injured in the line of duty former Washoe County (NV) Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) Detective Kim Frankel’s response to the question, “What has surprised you the most Read more »
(Indianapolis) December 17, 2023 – The National Police Association announced today it has awarded the Pensacola, FL Police Department a $1000.00 grant to assist with funding their volunteer chaplain program. The purpose of the volunteer chaplain program is to maintain a core group of chaplains who hold proper credentials in pastoral ministry, counseling, social Read more »
By Steve Pomper Suppose you proposed a movie script based on severely injured Washoe County (NV) Sheriff’s Detective Kim Frankel’s three-and-a-half-year workers’ comp system’s cruel abuse. Would any production company even buy it? The hero is so valiant and the villains so cardboard cutout vile, I’m not sure anyone would believe it wasn’t fiction. But, as they Read more »
(Indianapolis) December 7, 2023 – Complaints Against Law Enforcement and Correctional Officers (H0 601) is a Florida bill that gives the State jurisdiction in processing grievances of law enforcement officers. This bill, which was introduced on November 21, 2023 by Rep. Wyman Duggan (12) for examination in Florida’s 2024 legislative session, is currently in the Read more »
1,258 days. That’s how long it’s been since Washoe County Sheriff Darin Balaam has failed to contact his deputy, Detective Kim Frankel, after she was struck, on-duty, by a DUI, hit-and-run driver she chased down and apprehended despite her injuries. 1,258 days. By Steve Pomper It isn’t easy to wrap your head around Kim Frankel’s workers’ compensation system, Read more »
The Wounded Blue Shows Kim Frankel She’s Not Alone. By Steve Pomper Here we are again, back to learn more about betrayed Washoe County Sheriff’s Detective Kim Frankel’s, as she calls it, “journey” (she’s being kind). On the day her life inexorably changed, she was assigned to the Crimes Against Persons Unit, specializing in sex crimes Read more »
Indianapolis, November 24, 2023 – As Atlanta suffers from its police department being hundreds of officers short, residents continue to be threatened by a local government that refuses to hold criminals accountable, and a collection of criminal anarchists conspire to halt the new police training facility, the National Police Association’s “Cops are Heroes” mobile Read more »
