By Stephen Owsinski In a recent Fox News TV interview with Anthony Barksdale, the former Baltimore deputy police commissioner, analysis of Baltimore’s escalating homicide rate was the focal point. More precisely, it is what Baltimore street cops need to do about it. More applicably, it is who is running the Baltimore Police Department, along with Read more »
By Steve Pomper You hear a lot about the divide, chasm even, between many cops and their bosses. This is especially true where people with anti-cop ideologies hold political power, and they’re the ones who appoint police chiefs. And what increases that divide? Police chiefs tied ideologically to their political benefactors. Take for instance Toledo Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski Days ago, the National Police Association (NPA) published a piece regarding the murder of Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Joseph Bullock. Today, NPA brings you a poignant perspective of what life is like as a law enforcement officer. For the murder of Trooper Bullock, I bowed my head from the opposite Florida coast Read more »
By Steve Pomper Since last year, the National Police Association (NPA) and other local and national media have covered the inexplicable case of an Oklahoma DA who insists on prosecuting veteran Blackwell Police Department Lieutenant John Mitchell—for doing his job. The DA is prosecuting the police supervisor despite his having placed his life in danger Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski Seems targeting cops is all the rave among anarchists who are in love with lawlessness. My prior article covered the shooting/killing of Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Joseph Bullock who was slain on the shoulder of Interstate 95 in Martin County on February 5, 2020. He died offering help. As I was writing Read more »
By Steve Pomper Over the weekend, Fox News reported two NYPD police officers were allegedly shot in two separate incidents and, police believe, by the same suspect. Around 8 a.m., officers were in an NYPD patrol van when the suspect fired into the vehicle. During the apparent assassination attempt, a bullet struck one officer in Read more »
In the wake of two assassination attempts against NYPD officers National Police Association writer Steve Pomper, author of De-Policing America was interviewed by CBS Morning News 2-10-2020.
By Stephen Owsinski While fulfilling his sworn duty to serve others, a Florida state trooper lost his life this week. Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) Trooper Joseph Bullock, a 19-year law-enforcement veteran who formerly served our nation with the Air Force, stopped to render aid regarding a seemingly disabled vehicle on the shoulder of super-busy Interstate Read more »
EL PASO, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations officers working at the El Paso port of entry made five drug seizures Thursday. The enforcement activity included cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana. “CBP officers are hard at work every day maintaining the free flow of legitimate trade and travel while also stopping Read more »
By Steve Pomper Cops and judges have a unique relationship in the courtroom; they both know who’s the boss. The judge. Still, cops harbor all sorts of sentiments toward judges ranging from (a quiet) contempt to respect and even affection. I worked with a judge I felt was often too easy on criminals. But he Read more »