By Steve Pomper This is getting scary—really scary. Some people think the police staffing crises across our nation will somehow resolve itself, and things will go back to normal. That will not happen because it cannot happen. The damage has been going on for too long and is too severe. Major city police departments are Read more »
By Steve Pomper It wasn’t only that agencies are firing law enforcement officers based on (I’ll be kind) dubious “science.” It’s that the officers’ experience, qualifications, conscience, and concerns didn’t matter at all. Rather than the health of employees, it seems to have become about “comply or else.” Damn the future consequences intended and unintended. Read more »
By Steve Pomper There are so many side issues that arise when law enforcement agencies cannot retain or recruit good officers: New York, Philly, Baltimore; Chicago, St. Louis, Minneapolis; San Francisco, Portland, Seattle—and Boston all suffer from staffing shortages. One side issue, for example, is there’s word the Seattle Police Department (SPD) will end their nationally Read more »
By Steve Pomper It’s a sign of Joe Biden’s moral (or immoral) center that the one time he keeps a promise, rather than tells a lie, is to punish law enforcement officers. Several mounted Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents were falsely accused of “whipping” immigrants who were attempting to enter the U.S. illegally. Even The Read more »
By Steve Pomper American courts, these days, can be so frustrating, especially for people interested in equal justice. Take the Washington State Supreme Court that, as reported by the NPA, recently ruled the state’s cops must consider a driver’s race/ethnicity before a traffic stop can be considered to be a “legal” detention. Their ruling is a prima Read more »
By Steve Pomper Podcast host Todd Herman, The Emerald City Exile, often referred to the Washington State Supreme Court (WSSC) as the “Seattle Supreme Court.” Not only because of from where the justices hail but also from where their ideological purity comes. Seattle’s toxic fountainhead of Critical Race Theory ideology and activism. We see proof of this Read more »
By Steve Pomper When I heard the story resurface about some mounted U.S. Border Patrol agents supposedly “whipping” Hattian illegal immigrants, I wondered why. Hadn’t that been resolved? Nope. The Biden administration cannot be wrong—especially about rank and file law enforcement at any level. Those “stormtroopers,” as Nancy Pelosi referred to federal agents, must be Read more »
By Steve Pomper Many Seattle politicians can find nothing about the police department they like—except for defunding or otherwise disrespecting it. Whatever they can do to take any amount of prestige away from the cops the happier city leaders are. For example, until recently, the parking enforcement unit was attached to the police department. But Read more »
By Steve Pomper Once again, Seattle serves as well as any leftist-run city in America as an example of how many city governments are just not getting the message from Americans about what they want from their police departments. People want cops to protect and serve—and to enforce the laws—equally. Bruce Harrell, Seattle’s new mayor, Read more »
By Steve Pomper Here at the NPA, one of the most important missions is to educate people about what police do, so they can better assess officers involved in “controversial incidents.” But just as important are the others who write about police work but from a more academic perspective. For example, Manhattan Institute scholar Heather Read more »