By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D. Suicide by cop (SBC), also known as a victim precipitated homicide, is an officer’s nightmare. Despite public perception, the overwhelming majority of mental health calls, including suicidal persons, are handled by police officers without a major incident. An event in which a caller actually wants the police to kill Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D. Station 19 is an ABC television nighttime soap opera set in a fictional fire station in Seattle. Along with the internal feuds and love affairs at the firehouse, the writers have taken up the pop culture themes of bad cops doing bad things, and systemic racism. As is often Read more »
By Steve Pomper Valor was on display in New York City on December 13, 2020. People who might not have been alive to celebrate Christmas this year, will be with their families thanks to the heroic actions of NYPD police officers. This incident was unusual because it occurred in America’s largest city, in broad daylight on Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski Just like psychologists, cops can be an insightful bunch. The former dissects people problems for about an hour in a usually comfortably appointed office for an agreed-upon fee paid by willing clients. The latter spontaneously responds post-haste with nanoseconds to forge any semblance of rapport with a stranger/cliffhanger distraught enough to scale Read more »
By Steve Pomper Portland radicals seem to be diversifying their tactics. If not exactly innovative, they’ve decided to give another crack at establishing an “autonomous zone.” Though no longer an original idea, perhaps it’s a sort of homage to the infamous CHOP/CHAZ in Seattle last summer. Still, I’m not sure how this could possibly be happening Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D. I like working holidays. Things are either very serene and quiet or very intense and filled with pathos. One Christmas eve day I responded to a report of a missing 6-year-old boy. Lost and missing children calls strike at the heart. A missing child call conjures up so many Read more »
By Steve Pomper One of the National Police Association’s (NPA) missions is to watchdog district attorney’s offices across the nation. This is critical especially for offices occupied by George Soros-funded candidates. In fact, in December 2018, the NPA filed a bar complaint against Soros-funded DA Rachael Rollins in Boston, Mass. Her negative actions affect not only Read more »
Today, the National Police Association (NPA) filed a friend of the court brief asking the Eastern District of Michigan to deny Detroit Will Breathe and other Plaintiffs’ Motion to Dismiss the City’s counter-claim. On August 31, 2020, Detroit Will Breathe and other individuals filed a complaint against the City of Detroit, Police Chief James Craig, Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D. “Father tased trying to save 3 year old” was one variation of the national headlines that appeared in news reports across the country. This borrowed and often repeated headline didn’t tell the whole story, the real story, or the rest of the story. The real story is of two Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski A young adult of 27 years whose criminal history is reportedly “extensive” made a fatal decision when, despite Hillsborough County, Florida deputies exemplifying stellar de-escalation techniques and talking the wanted man into peaceful surrender, he reached toward his waistband where minutes prior he said he had a gun. The Street Crimes Unit Read more »