By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D The mantra of police reformers is more training. The problem with many of those voices is that activists and politicians have no idea what the current state of training and education of law enforcement in the US is. Research has shown that college-educated officers suffer less from stress, generate Read more »
Quavon Ewing, 32, is well known to Chicago police. In 2017 he was convicted of criminal sexual abuse and other crimes for attacking women. He received a three-year sentence. After getting out, he was convicted again on felony charges of aggravated battery. After he completed that sentence, Chicago police discovered he had committed a new Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D One way to reduce crime rates is to redefine it so that it is no longer a crime. Want to eliminate arrests for armed robbery? Make stealing things from people by threatening them with violence a social problem, mental health issue, or public health concern, but not a crime. Read more »
(Indianapolis, IN) – The National Police Association announced today it has awarded the Town of Tonawanda, NY Police Department, a $1000.00 grant in support of their chaplaincy program. The Town of Tonawanda, NY is a suburb of Buffalo with a population of over 70,000. Tonawanda is in Erie County and is voted one of the Read more »
By Steve Pomper One of the unintended consequences of the FBI leadership scandals over the past several years is how the taint infects the entire agency and even the profession. Some say, aside from the Russian Collusion Hoax, which seems to have involved high-ranking FBI malfeasance, the taint could affect other investigations when the defense Read more »