By Steve Pomper British Police Officer rescues a pro-democracy protester from violent Chinese Consulate officials (Screenshot via Hong Kong Indigenous Defense Force) So, today, I thought we might wander a bit off the beaten path. In this case, across the pond to see what’s up with our fellow travelers in the United Kingdom where an officer’s Read more »
By Steve Pomper Lincoln Police Department Sgt. Tu Tran (Screenshot) In this era of snowflakes and their enablers, cops are still showing they must handle the most harrowing of emergencies, and then, while many occupations allow their employees to go home or even seek counseling for often trivial reasons, cops most often return to work. While Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski The heartfelt phrase “Gone But Not Forgotten” is often somberly said and sincerely written after a selfless law enforcement officer is sacrificed in the line of duty or otherwise, and police culture honorably illustrates how it holds dear all fallen heroes, both recent and historical. Let’s start with a very rare example: Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski Recently, the Miami-Dade Police Department hosted a K-9 Appreciation Memorial Ceremony, paying homage to the dogs of duty that unhesitatingly fight crime and charge hard at bad actors looking to do evil things to innocent people. Some of these incredible animals are killed in the line of duty. In their honor, law Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski On December 21, 2022, the National Police Association published a piece about a rookie Phoenix policeman who had been shot eight times and miraculously survived. The initial shooting occurred during a midnight shift in December 2021. Among the abundant news coverage of this horrific incident, here is one in which then-Phoenix Police Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski The police profession combats the dregs of society to ensure law-abiding citizens revel in their unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. In so doing, police officers see many things that aggregately amount to conflicted psyches, born of bittersweet episodes continually tolling cops’ consciences. As any law enforcement officer Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski On December 14, 2021, Phoenix Police Officer Tyler Moldovan was shot eight times. His prognosis was bleak. Healthcare professionals stated Officer Moldovan had little chance to survive. Other eerie prognoses followed. One assertion was that, if he somehow did pull through, he’d never walk again. Per a Phoenix Police bulletin written hours Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D The survival mantra in police training is spoken in several clichés: Your main goal is to go home alive after the shift. You want to take off your own shoes at the end of the day. Be polite to everyone you meet but have a plan to kill them. Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski Naturally, the worst-case scenario for any police agency is when one or more of their own are killed in the line of duty. An obscure situation arises when colleagues of the fallen confront aspects such as attending funeral services while also bearing the 24/7 responsibility of ensuring continuous police services in their Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski When any of America’s police officers are shot, it harkens scenarios that echo why we direly need courageous law enforcement officers to tackle malevolence and the Good Samaritans who help during incidents gone awry. One such situation unfolded not long ago, in October 2022, when a teenage girl and her friend were Read more »