By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D. Does free will exist? The question of free will is essential to the criminal justice system, without which no one could be held accountable for their behavior. Legal defenses that involve mental capacity address the accused’s ability to form intent, to understand the nature of their actions, and their Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski Yet another occasion to recite the “enough is enough” cry is upon us, and it is once again in my neck of the woods where the community recently said goodbye to Hillsborough County Deputy Brian LaVigne after he was intentionally rammed and killed by a fleeing felon. In stark resemblance, tragedy played Read more »
By Steve Pomper In December, I wrote at NPA about a conflagration of corruption that had erupted in Los Angeles, California’s criminal justice system last November 3rd, 2020. That was the day voters elected George Soros-funded and former San Francisco DA George Gascón LA County district attorney. Gascón wasted no time tearing down a legal system Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D. According to a Washington Post database, police officers have fatally shot nearly 1400 people with mental illness since 2015. The interpretation of that data by critics has yielded the presumption that the police faced with those encounters are not competent to deal with the mentally ill. Police leaders have Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski Although it is most common for 20-somethings to enter the police profession, it is highly uncommon for almost-century-old folks to still be workin’ the beat. Rare but possible, the law enforcement trade has a few iconic figures buffing a badge, pinning it on police blues, strapping a duty belt, and doing the Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D. In an excellent article by NPA contributor Steve Pomper, he cites a clearly justified police shooting of an attacker who had just committed murder. Pomper related that Seattle protesters rose up against the shooting “despite non-police video showing the suspect shooting into the car the women were sitting in, Read more »
Sunday Feb. 21st at 10am ET with Lt. Randy Sutton (Ret) host of Blue Lives Radio and founder of the Wounded Blue Foundation, online at https://Pluto.TV/live-tv/The-First or on the https://www.thefirsttv.com app or after broadcast on https://www.youtube.com/c/NationalPoliceAssociation
By Stephen Owsinski Despite the growing resentment toward social media outlets and their seeming penchant for censorship, control, politicization, and grand manipulation, online data often provides the benefits of intelligence, insights, and clues for law enforcement agencies to preempt bad actors whose e-messaging telegraphs events in the realm of catastrophe and deviancy. One recent example Read more »
By Steve Pomper I say it repeatedly. There is not another job more second-guessed than law enforcement officer (well, maybe NFL coach). There is no other occupation where more people not trained to do the job believe they know how to do it better than those who are trained. A tragic event happened recently in Seattle Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski Whether you watched Super Bowl 55 or not, one can imagine the crowd minimized inside the stadium meant a larger throng of humans outside. And those on the outside were no less inclined to go guzzle and get feisty, especially when their hosting home team Bucs seized the game and inherited the Read more »