Indianapolis – May 11, 2024. Gastonia, NC Police Officer Rita Goulet driver of the Rise Motorsports, National Police Association #31 Chevy is honoring and remembering all law enforcement officers who made the ultimate sacrifice and specifically honoring those we lost in the line of duty during 2023. At the ARCA Racing Series Music City 150 Read more »
Month: May 2024
Public safety spending is an investment not a cost
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D Presidential candidate Bill Clinton famously made his campaign strategy centered on the nation’s economy with his pithy motto “It’s the economy, stupid”. Clinton also made crime a campaign theme. These two issues are not unrelated. During the height of the disastrous defund the police movement, the idea that money Read more »
The National Police Association Supports New York Bill to Restore Common Sense to the State’s Bail Laws
Indianapolis – May 10, 2024. As unbelievable as it sounds, New York State law prohibits judges from considering a defendant’s danger to the public when considering bail. The law states that judges can only set cash bail to ensure defendants return to court. Now, the New York legislature has a bill allowing judges to determine Read more »
Unfinished Business: Investigating Cold Cases
By Stephen Owsinski Some criminal cases are tough to crack, but that doesn’t mean they are forgotten. Enter Cold Case detectives who, despite dormancy, unbox investigative files and endeavor to pick up the scent by backtracking then trek the trails until on-the-lam perpetrators are held accountable. Historical whodunnits make the news across the nation, heralding Read more »
Politician Shows What Not to Do When Pulled Over
By Steve Pomper Police Traffic Stop (Photo: versageek, creative commons) In keeping with the NPA’s mission to educate the public about what cops do and why they do it, here’s yet another example of what not to do on a traffic stop, generously provided by one of America’s principled public servants. This avoidable traffic kerfuffle happened Read more »
Politician Shows What Not to Do When Pulled Over
By Steve Pomper Police Traffic Stop (Photo: versageek, creative commons) In keeping with the NPA’s mission to educate the public about what cops do and why they do it, here’s yet another example of what not to do on a traffic stop, generously provided by one of America’s principled public servants. This avoidable traffic kerfuffle happened Read more »
Fallen Cop’s Daughter’s Speech at State Police Memorial Symbolizes Law Enforcement Solidarity
By Stephen Owsinski As the annual commemoration of fallen law enforcement officers upon us, the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, DC, is typically followed by respective states holding their vigils and remembrances of LEOs slain in the line of duty. Recently, from April 28-29, 2024, the Florida Fraternal Order of Police held its Read more »
Beware the “Gotcha” Question
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D I was listening to an interview on a local NPR-affiliated radio broadcast about the Aurora, CO case of Elijah McClain, who died in police custody resulting in felony criminal charges for three police officers and two paramedics. The interviewer asked the attorney being interviewed why one of the officers Read more »
The NPA brought the #SupportThePolice message to Dover, DE last weekend. Next: Officer Rita Goulet Brings the NPA #31 to the ARCA Menards Music City 150 in Nashville.
Images from Dover Next: Saturday, May 11 at the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway 8:30 p.m. Live stream on FloRacing.
Failing to Enforce Laws Encourages Breaking Them
By Steve Pomper Tire marks on pavement as after street takeovers (Photo: Sergio Valle Duarte, Creative Commons) In 2020, during the inception of the politically engineered Saint George Floyd controversy, Minneapolis’ anti-police Mayor “Barely There” Jacob Frey refused to allow the cops to suppress a BLM/Antifa rebellion that went on to destroy a police precinct. This Read more »