By Doug Wyllie Photo by De an Sun on Unsplash Sitting astride the DuPage River about 30 miles west of Chicago, the City of Naperville is a pretty prototypical semi-affluent suburb. For the nearly 150,000 residents, it’s close enough to the Windy City for a reasonable daily commute to work, and far enough away to Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D Whether it was the break room at the battery factory, the hay truck parked under the shade of a tree beside the field, or the truck stop café with the diesel left running, there was always a place I could find to get a little thinking done or get Read more »
By Steve Pomper As a cop in Washington State, I had the authority place people with mental health issues into an involuntary commitment hold for a psychological evaluation. But only if the person was a danger to self or others. This standard was intended to correctly balance a person’s liberty with public safety. However, as I quickly Read more »
(Indianapolis, IN) – The National Police Association announced today it has awarded the Sedona, AZ Police Department a $1000.00 grant to assist in the acquisition of officer safety equipment. The Sedona, AZ Police Department works in partnership with the community to improve quality of life and safety, and actively engage in problem solving. Read more »
By Steve Pomper God willing, this should be the NPA’s final follow-up article on the persecution of decorated Blackwell (OK) Police Department Lieutenant John Mitchell. First, a brief recap: On May 20th, 2019, Lt. Mitchell ended a mobile active shooter incident after being forced, along with another officer, to shoot and kill the female driver to Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski Recently, the NYPD hosted a celebration of the nation’s largest municipal police agency’s long-serving cops, bestowing the department’s Longevity Award upon seasoned law enforcement officers. Embroidered onto police uniforms are stripes and/or stars representing the tenure of service invested by law enforcement officers. As seen in our cover photo above and the Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D I recently watched my Denver Nuggets make an amazing effort to win some trophy or something like that. I am only a sports fan to the extent that I like having conversations with my sports-fanatic son, and as a social prompt to say “How ‘bout them (insert team name). Read more »
By Doug Wyllie We’ve seen this story before. It’s a story of bad news, good news, bad news, good news, and news yet to be determined… There’s surely a “prequel” and an “origin story” for each of the main characters, but for our purposes, let’s call this the opening scene. In the middle of the Read more »
By Steve Pomper I’ve said this before. Now, I must repeat it. Oh, and I’ll probably say it again in the future. Liberal mayors/city councils across the U.S. don’t appoint chiefs of police; they appoint chiefs of mayor. This assertion is abundantly clear with the recent resignation of the first female NYPD police commissioner, Keechant Sewell, after less than a Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski The fascinating feats of police service animals never cease to amaze. The Marietta Police Department’s crisis-response K9 “Barney” filled the primary officer role by calming a severely distraught woman who threatened to take her life, ultimately saving her from self-destruction. The fine folks at Marietta PD provided the following synopsis of what Read more »