By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D In August of 2020, Officer Joseph Mensah of the Wauwatosa, WI, police was attacked by a mob at his home who were enraged over a police shooting. What reporters described as “protestors” vandalized Mensah’s home while he and his girlfriend were present. As the off-duty officer attempted to talk Read more »
By Steve Pomper I’ve written often, in articles and books, about Seattle’s now former (Thank God!) city attorney, Pete Holmes. I wasn’t sure whether to use useless, worthless, hapless, or mindless as an adjective, but now former works just fine. Then I thought, all of those descriptors go without saying, anyway. I’ll give just two reasons Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski It’s the same arithmetic in existence for quite some time: A tremendous population and fewer cops to mitigate people’s problems equates to increased casualties, some resulting in extreme consequences such as fatalities. Recent studies indicate some of our nation’s motorists have taken to the fast lane in significant velocities defying obvious safety Read more »
By Steve Pomper It seems cops aren’t allowed to even stop for a moment to bury our fallen heroes without leftists, known and unknown, spewing their anti-police venom. We all know the “sticks and stones…” admonition our parents gave us as kids, which is normally sound advice. However, we all know, in some contexts, names can Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski Between a rock and a hard place, police officers continue to confront the scourge of rampant crime liberally brewed during tumultuous times, whereby malfeasance has open-season proportions and cops in the crosshairs while protecting citizens. The city leadership in Little Rock, Arkansas has declared the unrelenting surge in crime, especially due to Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it is time for a new breed of police officer. The antiquated idea that police officers must use split-second observations to respond to potentially lethal threats will no longer reign. The simple answer is to recruit only police officers who are clairvoyant. Officers with the Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D Jordan Anderson was a former slave who was invited back to the plantation where had been forced to work by owner Col P. H. Anderson, who now faced labor shortages at harvest time. Anderson’s letter became a noted piece of literature for its deadpan sardonic tone. The now free Read more »
By Steve Pomper What often happens when you try to fix something that ain’t broken? You break it. That’s happening in Washington and other states like Illinois. Leftist mythmakers are using their fantasy vision of police work to conjure an “experiment” in “police reforms.” But, hang on… there may be some good news. Thinking people know police Read more »
By Steve Pomper Police staffing crises in leftist cities across the country continue. But some details might humanize the issue. Officers are retiring, resigning, or relocating. But why are specific officers leaving and where they are going? A recent article at ChangeWashington.org caught my attention. It detailed an individual officer and the fortunate community that attracted him Read more »