By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D In the rush to label policing as a racist enterprise, dozens of school districts dropped school resource officers from their buildings. To the surprise of no intelligent human, their absence has been felt during attacks on schools. A recent shooting of two school employees in Denver occurred when a Read more »
Indianapolis March 30, 2023 – The National Police Association (NPA) has endorsed U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) introducing the Securing Aid for Every (SAFE) School Act. The SAFE School Act establishes a $900 million grant program that will allow both public and private schools to train and hire veterans and former Read more »
(Indianapolis, IN) – The National Police Association announced today it has awarded the Monterey Park, CA Police Department Explorers a $1000.00 grant. The grant will assist the department in supporting Explorer members who will receive hours of training in skills such as patrol procedure, radio communications and codes, physical fitness training and defensive tactics, responsibility, Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D In San Jose, California police shot a man armed with a machete who had barricaded himself in a home with others including 2 children. In Oklahoma City police responded to a barricaded murder suspect but were able to take the person into custody after breaching the door. Once inside, Read more »
Emotional health challenges for first responders are an ongoing concern Indianapolis March 30, 2023 – The National Police Association (NPA) has submitted written testimony to the Alaska State Legislature in support of Senate Bill 103: “An Act relating to peer support counseling programs for law enforcement agencies, emergency service providers, and the Department of Corrections.” Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski Although it is not every day that law-enforcement professionals deploy Crisis Negotiations Unit assets to instances involving standoffs, the ultra-preparation and training for these chess-like scenarios are paramount. Today, we take a glimpse of the training aspects of police personnel honing skills to more effectively handle often tension-filled engagements involving high-strung individuals Read more »
By Steve Pomper I think we need a new story file cabinet because the one for “you can’t make this stuff up” is so crammed full we can’t shut the drawers. So, the first item to file in the new cabinet comes from—where else? —San Francisco, of course. You know how speakers often begin a speech Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski With the ever-burgeoning illegal immigrants disregarding our southern border, U.S. Border Patrol agents have ample dangerous activities on their plates, thanks to the present White House administration’s anemic stance on buttoning up the borders. The throngs of immigrants trekking across unkind terrain to enter America illegally, falling ill along the way, are Read more »
By Steve Pomper APD Sgt. Josh Blake, his wife, and their daughters (Screenshot/Anedot, NCPD) The NPA has been checking in on the horrendous tenure of Travis County (Austin, TX) Soros-funded, DA José Garza and his charging of 19 Austin PD officers. He’s so bad, in 2021, an assistant DA resigned. She accused Garza of asking her Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D A recent study makes the police recruiting crisis sound even bleaker. A sample headline reads “Recent college grads are ’emotionally’ unprepared for 9 to 5 jobs, study shows”. The research cited was conducted by a team who conducted an online survey of over 1000 adults between the ages of Read more »