Indianapolis, April 17, 2025 — The National Police Association (NPA) today announced that it has formally requested the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) open a federal civil rights investigation into New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez over his politically charged prosecution of Las Cruces Police Officer Brad Lunsford. In a detailed letter submitted to Read more »
Indianapolis – April 10, 2025. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is estimated to occur at least two to four times more often in the law enforcement community than in the general population. As troubling as these numbers are, they may be even higher due to underreporting. PTSD is an insidious disease that can affect any officer, Read more »
The National Police Association (NPA) has filed an amicus brief in Schurr v. Lyoya with the U.S. Supreme Court, supporting a case that aims to break the judicial paralysis strangling American law enforcement. At issue: whether former Grand Rapids, MI, Police Officer Christopher Schurr—now facing legal fire for a deadly use-of-force encounter with an armed Read more »
Indianapolis – April 3, 2025. Police departments routinely provide mutual aid across jurisdictions in times of need. These collaborations extend to federal law enforcement, which partners with local law enforcement to safely detain and arrest illegal criminal migrants. Some local jurisdictions with self-proclaimed sanctuary status shamefully prohibit this cooperation, placing officers and the communities they Read more »
In response to allegations that a juror hid their anti-police bias in order to get on a jury, New Mexico’s anti-police biased Attorney General has gone to the New Mexico Supreme Court to argue in support of citizens using deception by omission to get on a jury. In the case of former Las Cruces police Read more »