By Stephen Owsinski So many unique experiences round out every law enforcement officer’s duty days throughout years of public safety service. A cop career is undeniably a strange animal in terms of a profession…and it is also chock full of stories of animal rescue. Given that most law enforcement officers spend most of their time Read more »
Month: November 2020
Specialty Cops – Why We Need Them
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D. As laws and institutions become more complex, law enforcement has expanded to meet the challenge. The four categories of law enforcement that most people know about are federal, state, county, and local. But wait! There’s more! Federal Agencies Enforcement of the law is a function of the executive branch Read more »
Allegiance to Public Service: Florida Cop Returns to City Streets After Two-Year Military Mission
By Stephen Owsinski With all the flux in American politics right now, one may wonder what a soldier returning home from military service feels about the odd, bizarre rudder steering crazily the outcome of the U.S. presidency. Then again, the same soldier is also a cop who has seen his fair share of inexplicable behavior Read more »
What Can We Agree On?
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D. Twelve score and four years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Our Founders did not achieve perfection of the ideals to which they affixed their signatures and “mutually pledge to Read more »
De-escalation: Why Is It Always the Cop’s Fault When It Doesn’t Work Out?
By Steve Pomper There’s a lot of talk about de-escalation these days, as if there’s an incantation officers know that can calm any person no matter how under-the-influence or psychotic he or she is. If an incident requires an officer to use force, these folks deem the officers failed to “de-escalate.” But there are some Read more »
Oklahoma Criminal Defense Attorney Takes Disparaging Police Officers to New Low
By Steve Pomper On October 28, 2020, Tulsa Police Officer Jerad Lindsey died from complications related to the CCP virus. Officer Lindsey was also the Chairman of the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP). The Tulsa Police Department (TPD) announced: “It is with a heavy heart that the Tulsa Police Department confirms the passing of one Read more »