By Steve Pomper On the heels of a recent NPA story regarding the cop-hating, Soros-funded Travis County prosecutor José Garza comes yet another allegation of corruption. This isn’t piling on; it’s just following up—but not without a bit of schadenfreude. While DA Garza is no stranger to accusations of rule-breaking, as you can read here about Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D Many of our legal traditions and public officials have roots in our British history (they used to own us, if you recall). From about the 12th century, two high offices of the crown as the royal government was called, were the Sheriff and the Coroner. The Coroner (derived from Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D No one questions the lethality of firearms. Lethality is why they were invented. These machines deserve respect, but not irrational fear. Current gun control arguments are based on fear rather than facts. Let’s be clear that we have many laws, both state and federal, that address control of firearm Read more »
By Steve Pomper Local governments make police work harder when they impose harmful policies, carving out special treatment for the so-called, “homeless,” or this new one, “unhoused.” When I got a burglary call near a “homeless” camp, it didn’t take Sherlock Holmes to know where to start looking for suspects. Was I “profiling?” Well, what would Read more »
By Steve Pomper Woman target shooting with AR-15 “America’s Rifle” (Photo: Simonov, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0) According to David Gutman at The Seattle Times, about the court case, State of Washington v Gator’s Custom Guns Inc., brought by the Silent Majority Foundation, “A Cowlitz County judge ruled Washington’s ban on high-capacity magazines unconstitutional Monday, but just Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D Every so often I think I should write something down and put it in a sealed, dated envelope. On the outside of the envelope would be the label “I Told You So”. I’m not the only one who predicted that the anti-police sentiment, the decriminalization of drug possession, and Read more »
By Steve Pomper Hawaii Supreme Court (Aliiolani Hale 2011 by Don Ramey Logan.jpg, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0) You’re a child playing a game and some kids break the rules they don’t like. Would you play with them again? Could you ever trust them? Now, read on and tell me the difference between the Hawaii Supreme Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D Before we look at the literal nuts and bolts of the gun business, let us pause for a brief history lesson. In 1791 the fledgling United States of America had bills to pay left over from the War of Independence. One revenue source was a tax on alcohol and Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D The professionalization of law enforcement became solidified in the 1970s when U.S. states developed certification standards for police officers. Some were active before then and some states took longer. The minimum academy training hours vary widely with standards for hiring generally up to each individual agency. The reason for Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D One of the guilty pleasures in my early days working in the same college town where I was a young officer was arresting criminal justice students. There was something about having taken a few classes that made many of them have the confidence of a seasoned attorney. More than Read more »