By Stephen Owsinski In the first few days of January 2023, the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) posted a “Move Over Awareness Month” bulletin as a reminder, unsurprisingly coinciding with several more avoidable instances of fully marked police cruisers getting crinkled like accordions. Move Over Awareness campaigns are declared by different state governments in different months Read more »
By Steve Pomper City of Bellevue, Washington from Seattle’s Madrona Neighborhood 2011 The opinions expressed by Deputy Mayor Nieuwenhuis in this article are his own and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the entire Bellevue City Council. – Editor An article, which appeared in Law Enforcement Today, by Bellevue, WA. Deputy Mayor Jared Nieuwenhuis, highlights Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D No doubt the Hoover Dam Police are tired of the old joke of the headline, but they exist and represent a critical function of law enforcement. Recent attacks on major power grids have resurrected concerns about protecting critical infrastructure that the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks highlighted over twenty Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski It is a bittersweet testament that many newer police memorials tributing our fallen law enforcement officers were emplaced during an unprecedented wave of historic statues being fastidiously toppled all around our nation. In many ways, times and national tempo have drastically changed which, by virtue of public safety vows, increased societal perils Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D As we watch the numbers throughout each year, week by week we read of the officers lost in the line of duty. Crashes, shootings, ambushes, and duty-related illnesses, take their toll. We hold our breath at the end of the year, wondering with fearful anticipation who might be the Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski The police profession combats the dregs of society to ensure law-abiding citizens revel in their unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. In so doing, police officers see many things that aggregately amount to conflicted psyches, born of bittersweet episodes continually tolling cops’ consciences. As any law enforcement officer Read more »
By Steve Pomper People either don’t think about the Second Amendment beyond guns or don’t know it applies to arms other than guns, such as bladed weapons, i.e., knives, swords, etc. That edged weapons are included as arms should be obvious, since the Framers were precise when creating the U.S. Constitution. They don’t specify firearms. Today Read more »
Indianapolis, IN – The National Police Association awarded a $1,000 grant to the APD Cadet program, and the funds will go toward uniforms and equipment for the program. The Aurora Police Department Cadet program was launched in June 1970 and was one of the first programs of its type in the country regarding formality Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D Murders were rare in the city where I first began working. The agency whose uniform I wore had just one full-time detective. When a murder or other major criminal event occurred that required intense investigative effort, the solution was our regional Major Case Squad. Each agency in a multi-county Read more »
By Steve Pomper Seattle Police Department West Precinct Once again, a police officer investigated for wrongdoing (this one truly ridiculous) has been cleared. It happened in Seattle, which, having worked a career there, surprises me—zero. Full disclosure, the cop we’ll be discussing, Sgt. Pamela St. John, is a friend. She and I worked the same watch Read more »