By Stephen Owsinski With the frequent mention of the approximate total of law enforcement officers in America —around 850,000 or so— our minds likely automatically default to projections of those cops patrolling mean streets and eyeing beats with populations aggregated in metropolis regions and inherent cacophony of bustle. But some of the nation’s cops are Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D California’s Supreme Court reveled in racism rhetoric in overturning a drug and weapons case of a black defendant who hid from police because, in the court’s words: “attempting to avoid police officers reflects, for many people, simply a desire to avoid risking injury or death…all out of fear of Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski Although I make every effort to keep abreast of the latest innovations for law enforcement officers to efficiently perform duties and harness officer safety, my window to the world was Windexed when I came across Flagler County deputies deploying a “Shatterball” to rescue a child from the locked, heated confines of a Read more »
Indianapolis – June 18, 2024. NPA brought the #SupportThePolice message to Newton, Iowa this weekend. Next: Officer Rita Goulet brings the NPA #31 to the ARCA Menards Circle City 200 at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park on July 19th.
By Steve Pomper There’s a particular faction of anti-law-and-order (from here on out, let’s just call them what they are: anti-cop) “leaders” who can’t seem to stop gaslighting the American public. For those who keep hearing the term but are still not sure what it is, it refers to the 1944 movie, set in the late Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D Patrolling a construction site, I saw a vehicle driving slowly among unfinished projects. Knowing that tools and lumber can be easy picking for thieves I made contact with the driver. He was immediately incensed and angrily explained that this was his construction site and couldn’t believe that he was Read more »
By Steve Pomper From the results of the “War on Homelessness” or whatever euphemism the HIC (Homeless Industrial Complex) is using these days, you’d swear their actual goal is not to eliminate “homelessness,” but to increase it. And that creates a terrible drain on public safety resources as police and fire personnel routinely respond to the Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D For those who remember and for those who have studied American history the 1968 Democrat convention in Chicago was marked by violence. It was a year of upheaval in the middle of a decade of change. The 2024 Democrat convention is once again in Chicago and comparisons and cautions Read more »
June 13, 2024 – Indianapolis, IN — In a powerful show of support for the search efforts for missing individuals, the NationalPolice.org #31 Chevy will prominently feature a picture of missing person Alejandra Tejeda of Des Moines, IA during the ARCA race at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa, on Friday, June 14. The race will Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski It is not often a brand-new police academy comes into existence, but the concept grants law enforcement agencies more control of police-related instruction, in-house experienced trainers, operational preparedness, and home-based management of criminal justice doctrines instituted by state standards overseeing the regulatory feats of future public safety professionals. One of the unique Read more »