By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D Of the estimated 850,000 police officers serving the U.S., approximately 110,500 are women. Despite the inclusion of women in recruiting efforts and their gains in supervision and administration, there is an 85% chance that the police officer answering your 911 call will be a man. Much of the speculation Read more »
By Steve Pomper It’s a sign of Joe Biden’s moral (or immoral) center that the one time he keeps a promise, rather than tells a lie, is to punish law enforcement officers. Several mounted Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents were falsely accused of “whipping” immigrants who were attempting to enter the U.S. illegally. Even The Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski No matter the spoils of society, it seems there will always be a contingent of finger-pointers scapegoating America’s law enforcement institution, the men and women who glaringly address all manner of woes, clearly underscoring the need for cops to do the perilous job many refrain from. We keep placing the onus on Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D The updates show up daily in my newsfeed. Officer-involved shooting. Police officer killed responding to domestic violence call. Officers ambushed. The reports will relate that an officer was killed, or was hospitalized in serious condition, or suffered “non-life-threatening injuries”. Of those, we may say a quick prayer for the Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D Annual numbers of officers killed in the line of duty vary widely from year to year. One identifiable trend is death by ambush. Police officers were murdered in 2021 at a rate 59% higher than the previous year. Among the officers murdered in 2021, 25 were killed in what Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski The way mainstream media has been treating (maligning) the law enforcement community in the United States is preposterous. So, like cops are trained to do, why not take matters into your own hands? Why not provide the skinny on real police work performed by real police officers via a real broadcast network Read more »
By Steve Pomper I’ve been writing that, in some high-profile (political) cases, it seems courts of law have replaced police disciplinary systems. Whether criminal or civil, officers acting well within their police authority and God-given right to self-defense are being dragged through the court system—for doing their jobs. This came to mind when I learned the “The National Read more »