Sgt. Betsy Brantner Smith, being interviewed about the NPA’s petition asking Palo Alto to remove its mural of a cop killer across from City Hall. Betsy is the creator of the only course of its kind for women in law enforcement, “The Winning Mind for Women” and is the owner of The Winning Mind LLC. Read more »
If you visit Hamilton Avenue in front of Palo Alto, CA City Hall you’ll see a nearly 245-foot-long and 17-foot-tall mural covering the street. The 16 individual murals spell out Black Lives Matter. The second letter to the end is a 17’ tall mural of Joanne Chesimard, also known as Assata Shakur. The below picture Read more »
Steve Pomper author of De-Policing America
Greetings, The Castleberry Independent School District strives to provide the finest education to our students. Through this learning process, they prepare our students to be lifelong learners in our diverse, changing world and competitive workplace. The school district is located five miles west of downtown Fort Worth, in a densely populated community covering an area Read more »
By Steve Pomper The NPA has been following the case of Blackwell, Oklahoma police Lieutenant John Mitchell. In early 2019, Lt. Mitchell engaged in a roaming gun battle with an armed active shooter. A woman had been driving her pickup truck around town, shooting at objects and people, including at police. Lt. Mitchell and another officer Read more »
INDIANAPOLIS, April 2, 2020/ — The National Police Association announces the offering of a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a man wanted by the Jacksonville, FL Sheriff’s Office. Bobby Lorenza Taylor is wanted for soliciting the murder of a police officer. Police had already been attempting to track down Read more »
By Steve Pomper Since last year, the National Police Association (NPA) and other local and national media have covered the inexplicable case of an Oklahoma DA who insists on prosecuting veteran Blackwell Police Department Lieutenant John Mitchell—for doing his job. The DA is prosecuting the police supervisor despite his having placed his life in danger Read more »