By Steve Pomper Three tragic headlines have splashed across North American media outlets over the past week, noting serious problems with criminal justice systems in the U.S. and Canada—actually, in the West. Yesterday, I read about a Christian school teacher in Ireland who violated a new “pronoun law,” and a high court judge tossed him Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D Holistic wellness for police officers is finally coming of age. With new understanding of brain science and the effects of stress and trauma, more law enforcement agencies and even state legislatures are making laws and policies to strengthen first responders mental, physical, and career health. A critical component of Read more »
The National Police Association has awarded the Mathiston, MS, Police Department, a $1000.00 grant in support of obtaining officer safety equipment. Located along the historic Old Natchez Trace, the area that became Mathiston was about one mile north of a famous trading post owned by Choctaw Chief David Folsom in the early 1800s. In 1889, Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D The statistics on police use of force cannot be repeated too often. With about 800,000 law enforcement officers of various stripes and duties making more than a million citizen contacts every week, the frequency of using force to make arrests and intervening in crime is remarkably low. The most Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski Ordinarily, each sheriff and his/her deputies pin a star-shaped badge on their uniform, representing countywide jurisdiction and an all-encompassing range of civil and criminal processes. Some metropolitan police departments pin star badges on their street cops. Generally, city police chiefs pin stars on their uniform collars. Expressly, some pin the word CHIEF Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski Each time I see or hear the words “police reforms” or “reimagining the police,” I think back to the days of duly qualified accreditation professionals who sift through cop shop’s policies and protocols, scrutinizing every scintilla, ultimately ensuring the candidate law enforcement agency meets muster in myriad ways, predominantly founded in “precepts Read more »
(Indianapolis, IN) – The National Police Association (NPA) announced today that it has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the National Institutes of Health (NIH), for its refusal to act on a request for records. The NPA’s December 2021 FOIA request asked for all records involving the financial information as well Read more »
By Steve Pomper Seattle Fire Department Though we normally deal with the police side of public safety, what happens to our brothers and sisters on the fire side sometimes affects the cops directly. Like the increase in attacks against on-duty firefighters while answering 911 calls, which require a police response. Two firefighters were assaulted by a man overdosing Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D We can add to the list of ways a police officer can be fired when we include the results of a Supreme Court decision in 1963. The decision in Brady v. Maryland (373 U.S. 83) rightly ruled that prosecutors must disclose exculpatory evidence that the government has in its Read more »
The National Police Association has awarded the Pembroke Park, FL Police Department, a $1000.00 grant in support of obtaining officer safety equipment. As “The Small Town That Means Big Business,” Pembroke Park proudly maintains a thriving corridor for commerce and a peaceful community for its 6,000 year-round residents. However, as soon as the leaves fall Read more »