By Stephen Owsinski Several days in a row, I signed on to the interwebs to see police retirees depart the precinct for the final time, taking with them scores of law enforcement experience and wisdom. With pride in their posture and tears in their eyes, these historical events mark not necessarily the end of life Read more »
By Steve Pomper BLM Protesters in NYC Many stories about wrongly accused police officers come down to a straightforward question: What else could the officer have reasonably done? Unfortunately, we must insert “reasonably” because, guaranteed, there’s someone out there who’d suggest some equivalent to the “Hollywood” option: “He should have shot the gun out of the Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski The badge-bashing influenced by hateful parties tuned to anti-law and order behaviors birthed by liberal politicos has now targeted another unformed service: Parking Enforcement Agents. The latest examples giving rise to this article transpired in metropolis liberal-lorded cities with huge populations walking among some barbaric beings who are increasingly bold about exacting Read more »
(Indianapolis, IN) The National Police Association (“NPA”) joined the National Fallen Officers Foundation (“NFOF”) in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to limit statutory protection for Google’s YouTube over its harm to law enforcement officers. That case, Gonzalez v. Google, was brought by relatives of Nohemi Gonzalez, who was killed by ISIS terrorists shooting into a Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D Why did they have to shoot him? That is the primary question that is asked after police use deadly force. Could they have done something less lethal to end the threat? Good question, and one that must be answered in every case in which a suspect is shot by Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D We’ve seen the ACAB (All Cops Are Bad) protest posters and have heard the shouts amid riots and protests claiming racism and brutality. We tend to think, and have been led to believe, that these voices spontaneously arose out of righteous indignation and the ACAB view caught on with Read more »
By Steve Pomper Seattle Police Car burns during 2020 BLM/Antifa riots One of the most valuable services the NPA provides, among many others, I believe, is a perspective from people, retired cops, who’ve done the job over many years, serving in various capacities in agencies spread out across our great nation. This perspective came to mind Read more »