By Steve Pomper I have the misfortune of living in the dictatorship of Washington State under Gov. Jay Inslee (refusing to relinquish his “emergency powers”). But, even living here and paying attention, I missed this news bit about the Washington State Patrol (WSP). Fortunately, the NPA’s own Sgt. Betsy Brantner Smith brought it to my Read more »
By Steve Pomper St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner is a treasure—for the anti-cop radical left. This George Soros-funded prosecutor (one of too many in the U.S.) has established a soft-on-crime/hard-on-victims and cops criminal justice system. Like all of these Soros-styled solicitors, here are a few markers that define their law enforcement philosophy. They don’t Read more »
By Steve Pomper When the left tries to “fix” something, they often break it. This is not only true of “fixing” history by breaking statues but also of “fixing” American law enforcement. After high-profile police shootings, exploited as “police brutality” regardless of the truth, they try to “fix” the cops. This was never truer than after Read more »
By Steve Pomper Lowering hiring standards for law enforcement officers is not new. But it’s happening again in many places, including Chicago. In the past, people criticized, for example, lowering fitness standards because they saw it as a way to hire more women. Now, they’re lowering standards to replace all the officers they’ve been chasing out Read more »
By Steve Pomper Recently, in Philadelphia, a police officer faced the most horrific scenario any cop can face. According to several reports, the officer was forced to shoot a 12-year-old boy who had shot at him and other officers. According to the Tatum Report, four plainclothes officers were in an unmarked patrol car looking “for a Read more »
By Steve Pomper No! No! NO! Just stop the lies about cops. I can’t think of another topic where people have wrung more lies out of a myth than radical leftist cop-haters hating on cops. In the never-ending stream of you-can’t-make-this-up stories comes another nauseating display of anti-police “entertainment.” At least, this one is unique, although its Read more »
By Steve Pomper It seems cops aren’t allowed to even stop for a moment to bury our fallen heroes without leftists, known and unknown, spewing their anti-police venom. We all know the “sticks and stones…” admonition our parents gave us as kids, which is normally sound advice. However, we all know, in some contexts, names can Read more »
By Steve Pomper What often happens when you try to fix something that ain’t broken? You break it. That’s happening in Washington and other states like Illinois. Leftist mythmakers are using their fantasy vision of police work to conjure an “experiment” in “police reforms.” But, hang on… there may be some good news. Thinking people know police Read more »
By Steve Pomper Every law enforcement officer and lucid mind in America knew the defund-the-police movement was foolish. There was no question it would not work and would make things worse. In a recent front-page story in the Epoch Times, reporter Cara Ding highlights mayors increasing their budgets for the nation’s three largest police departments: the New York Read more »
By Steve Pomper We all know that the “homeless crisis” infecting so many American cities affects police officers profoundly. First, the nuances of the political manipulation, compounding for decades, must be understood to fully understand the surrounding issues. I believe it began in earnest with the transition in the lexicon. Control the language, control the conversation, Read more »