By Stephen Owsinski An Israeli technology company has engineered a remote-based device with Superman-ish capability, enabling law enforcement officers to “see through walls,” whether up-close or from a safer distance. Per the company’s press release, “For the first time, military forces, law enforcement agencies, and first responders are able to detect live objects beyond the Read more »
The National Police Association has awarded the Lebanon Township, NJ Police Department a $1000.00 grant. The grant will support the purchase of a SLR camera and additional equipment for traffic investigations. Lebanon Township is located in New Jersey with a population of 6,106. Lebanon Township is in Hunterdon County and is rated as one of Read more »
By Steve Pomper Chicago’s looney lefty Mayor Lori Lightfoot has turned being bad at “mayoring” a major American city into an art form (yes, mayor can be used as a verb if the mayor is bad enough at it, and she is). As its anti-cop mayor, Chicago residents don’t stand a chance against criminals. Lightfoot and Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski Like other jurisdictions nowhere near the United States southern border, on Florida’s east coast, Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly provided a blanket statement of how Mexican cartel drug lords’ poisons permeate throughout America, regardless of where that may be. Sheriff Staly offered us the following words colorizing the impacts of cartel drug Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D Like a white dot on a field of black, our attention is inevitably drawn to the outlier, the loudest, the brightest flash, and the thing that creates the most fear and unknown. We are built like that because noticing things that are out of place has survival value to Read more »
By Steve Pomper American courts, these days, can be so frustrating, especially for people interested in equal justice. Take the Washington State Supreme Court that, as reported by the NPA, recently ruled the state’s cops must consider a driver’s race/ethnicity before a traffic stop can be considered to be a “legal” detention. Their ruling is a prima Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski In a recent article here on NPA, I briefly mentioned an experience I had as a midnight-shift cop working in upper temps and being instructed to “park” the police cruiser as much as possible, due to price-at-the-pump predicament. In other words, significantly reduce fuel consumption by standing idle, parked, or immobile, kinda Read more »
By Steve Pomper We all know about the Virginia election earthquake that shook the commonwealth in 2021. Many called it a red wave. A sign of things to come in the mid-term elections, they also said. That election signaled a possible halt to the destruction of the American criminal justice system. That’s because it also Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski Late at night on June 10, 2022, a public information officer (PIO) with the Maine State Police published a press release announcing forthcoming major changes in the law enforcement agency’s infrastructure stemming from “changing demands of the public safety environment.” Department of Public Safety PIO Shannon Moss outlined plans to implement midnight-shift Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D Ever since Adam and Eve looked down and realized they were naked and that was somehow not quite right, most of humanity has insisted on covering up. When law enforcement officers encounter a nude individual, the presumption is that there is something very wrong. How much clothing is the Read more »