By Stephen Owsinski And the beat goes on. By that, I mean the beat where cops patrol to preempt and abate criminals aiming to victimize innocents. But another beat is burgeoning still. It is the steady push of police officers into heightened perils due to misgovernance and a seemingly careless attitude for the human bodies Read more »
By Steve Pomper Sometimes even when cops intend to do things right, cops are human, and things can still go wrong. We recently saw this happen when former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter pulled her gun instead of Taser. This mistake resulted in a First-Degree Manslaughter charge, trial, and conviction. Even after this conviction, all Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D Civil disobedience has been a hallmark of individual courage to force attention to the need for change. From the American Revolution to Rosa Parks to imprisoned 84-year-old nun Megan Rice, defying the law and accepting the consequences has been a noble stand against perceived injustice. We have entered a Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski On his final day of duty after three decades as a New York City cop, retiring NYPD police Commissioner Dermot Shea opted to walk the beat alongside many veteran and some brand-new cops working the Times Square revelry on New Year’s Eve. One may categorize such a final official act as a Read more »
By Steve Pomper Heading into 2022, there are some positive signs for cops and the people they serve and protect. Many “defund the police” jurisdictions have collided with a reality cops know only too well. They are choosing (or being forced into) “re-funding” the police. When you diminish law enforcement, you diminish law and order. We Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski Several members of the Boston Police Department were met with a visit from their mayor, Michelle Wu, who stopped in to extend her gratitude and what sounded like a pep-talk, as if everything is peachy with the climate outdoors (the anti-police bluster experienced by cops, not the temps from Mother Nature). Once Read more »
By Steve Pomper Interim Tacoma Police Chief Mike Ake recently announced he’d exonerated two Tacoma police officers of any department policy violations. The findings are a result of internal investigations related to the in-custody death of Manuel Ellis in March 2020. According to KING 5 News, Chief Ake announced the findings on Dec. 21, during a Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D The practice of stopping suspicious persons to ask some questions and check them for weapons has never been illegal. It has been practiced in ways that has caused the courts to refine the practice, but not outlaw it. New York’s incoming Mayor Eric Adams is a retired NYPD captain, Read more »
By Steve Pomper It’s getting real. When even hot iron branded members of the hard woke left risk breaking from the leftist orthodoxy herd, even if it’s for selfish political purposes, it’s something positive—for traditional America. Even in Minnesota, where George Floyd’s in-police-custody death sparked national wanton destruction, increased hatred toward cops, and the reinforcement of Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D Police in the United States do not technically charge anybody with anything. We hear about “pressing charges” and we hear officers on television dramatically say “I’m charging you with murder” but in reality, the police can only send a set of facts to somebody who can decide about charges, Read more »