By Steve Pomper Portland, Oregon government officials conjure a pathetic excuse for the massive surge in violent crime after months of incessant city-sanctioned leftist violence and efforts to defund and weaken the police. Last July 25th, during one of the nightly exhibitions of anti-government violence, two men were shot, one wounded and one killed. The 27-year-old Read more »
NPA Spokesperson Sgt. Betsy Brantner Smith (Ret.) joined Harris Faulkner on The Faulkner Focus for a discussion about the Minneapolis autonomous zone & the attack on the federal court house in Portland. Watch the latest video at foxnews.com
By Stephen Owsinski On the day I received my t-shirt commemorating the line-of-duty-death of Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Michael Magli…I find myself ordering yet another t-shirt memorializing fallen Tampa Police Officer Jesse Madsen who was killed by a wrong-way driver at approximately 1 a.m. on March 9, 2021. Although every single cop killed in Read more »
National Police Association spokesperson Sgt. Betsy Brantner Smith (Ret.) joined Fox and Friends to discuss the George Floyd autonomous zone, trial, and potential for new riots
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D. To err is human says the poet, but nothing less than perfection is allowed for today’s police officers. It seems that the notions of probable cause and reasonable suspicion have been replaced by standards of certainty previously expected only of juries. With the spread of the elimination of qualified Read more »
By Steve Pomper The politically schizophrenic Minneapolis City Council (MCC) is at it again. According to the Star Tribune’s Liz Navratil, as reported at Police1.com, a committee has just voted 5-1 to send a proposal to the full city council to “replace the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD).” If passed, and Minneapolitans vote for it, their law enforcement department Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski It was George Washington who said, “The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism… It should be the highest ambition of every American to extend his views beyond himself, and to bear in mind that his conduct will not only Read more »
By Steve Pomper I wrote about this issue just a month ago, but it bears repeating as often as necessary. Law enforcement leaders continue to surrender time-honored law enforcement traditions to the anti-cop radicals. Specifically, I’m talking about the thin blue line (TBL) symbol often seen based on the American flag but in black and white with a Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski Sometimes it does take a village, and the family of recently fallen Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Michael Magli mourning his tragic line-of-duty death (LODD) will feel the heartfelt embrace of folks whose behind-the-scenes efforts are nothing shy of poignant and altruistic, thanks to a self-explanatory group called BadgeWives…”The Family Behind the Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D. Before COVID the public outcry for school safety developed closer working relationships with law enforcement agencies. Among those responses was expanding police presence in schools to act as a deterrent, first response, and behavioral intervention to reduce the occurrences of school violence. Now headlines continue to report the canceling Read more »