INDIANAPOLIS, 7/09/2026 — Violent crimes can be challenging for law enforcement to solve due to forensic backlogs, witness issues, and other unpredictable variables. The national police staffing shortage that began post-2020 is a relatively new factor that has contributed to precipitous declines in clearance rates. The result? A public safety emergency that’s claimed countless victims. Read more »
INDIANAPOLIS, July 1, 2026 — Animal cruelty is a heinous crime that victimizes defenseless creatures and is linked with violence towards humans. Given these risks, maintaining a standardized national database of offenders is a necessary public safety tool. Currently, this data is fragmented. Databases are maintained by state and local jurisdictions that vary in their Read more »
INDIANAPOLIS, June 24, 2026 — An increasing number of law enforcement agencies are equipping their vehicles with security upgrades to protect officers from the rise in ambushes and assaults. Last summer, protesters in Los Angeles hurled commercial-grade fireworks, rocks, and other projectiles at police cars during immigration protests. Earlier this year in Chevy Chase, Maryland, Read more »
INDIANAPOLIS, June 23, 2026 — The National Police Association (NPA) has filed an amicus curiae brief in the United States Supreme Court, urging it to review Moore & Kurtz v. Romero, a case that strikes at the heart of whether police officers can protect themselves and the public when confronted by an armed suspect. The Read more »
INDIANAPOLIS, June 17, 2026 — While the First Amendment guarantees the right to peaceful protest, it doesn’t give license to interfere with official police duties. Encroaching on law enforcement for the purpose of harassing, threatening, or assaulting officers is not protected speech. In fact, it places lives in peril. Police officers need and deserve to perform Read more »
INDIANAPOLIS, June 9, 2026 — The National Police Association has submitted written testimony to the Ohio Senate Judiciary Committee urging passage of the Larry Henderson Act, legislation designed to ensure that those who intentionally murder law enforcement officers face the most serious penalties available under Ohio law. The legislation arrives at a time when police Read more »
INDIANAPOLIS, June 4, 2026 — Law enforcement officers are among the millions of Americans who have been impacted by doxxing. Publishing private data online places officers and their families at risk of harassment, threats, and swatting. This targeted form of intimidation compromises officer safety and deters those who might be considering a law enforcement career. Read more »
Most law enforcement agencies in the United States are small-sized. Per the Bureau of Justice Statistics, about half of local police departments employ fewer than 10 full-time sworn officers. Small and rural police departments experience similar challenges as larger agencies, as well as unique issues like delayed access to backup. Small agencies, however, often lack Read more »
INDIANAPOLIS, May 8, 2026 — State and local law enforcement agencies rely on funding from the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) and Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grant programs to carry out their critical work. With the enactment of the One Big Beautiful Act (OBBBA), supplemental funding was infused into both programs. Police agencies are Read more »
INDIANAPOLIS, May 6, 2026 — In February, ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations agent Gregory Donnell Morgan Jr. was working in Minneapolis, a city that had, in the weeks prior, become a crucible of open hostility toward federal immigration officers, where activists organized to track, follow, and engage agents in the field, sharing vehicle locations and Read more »