Federal consent decrees imposed on local police departments are court enforced rules initiated by the federal government, typically the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), after an allegation of misconduct. The court appoints a monitor who reports on compliance to the court. The court decides when, if ever, the department is released from federal oversight. The Read more »
In Columbus, Ohio, a tragedy unfolded when police officers were forced to make a split-second decision, resulting in the death of Colin Jennings, a man in the midst of a mental health crisis. On that cold February morning, the Columbus Police Department responded to a 911 call describing Jennings’ erratic behavior and threats to himself Read more »
In Burlington, Vermont, a once-peaceful town now overwhelmed by rising crime, homelessness, and drug addiction, city leaders are finally realizing that defunding the police was a grave mistake. This small city, nestled against the stunning backdrop of Lake Champlain, faces an unprecedented spike in violent crime, aggravated assault, and drug overdoses. These are problems that Read more »
By Steve Pomper I’ll concede that some people are unable to get it due to diminished cognitive abilities or some other non-preventable condition. Everyone else has no excuse and can get it—if they want to. By get it, I mean understanding the cause and effect of your choices. For example, why will a city’s residents repeatedly Read more »
When I first heard about another bit of Emerald City lunacy, sadly, it didn’t surprise me. I hate picking on Seattle, after all, I worked for the Seattle Police Department (SPD) for over two decades. But why do they keep doing this… stuff to their cops? Many years ago, I was talking with a squad Read more »
By Steve Pomper Seattle Police Department West Precinct Photo: (Adbar, CC 3.0 Wiki Media) You really must want to believe the worst in all police officers to do what the radical left cop-haters have done to now, former, Seattle Police Officer and Police Guild Vice President Dan Auderer. The city is worse without him. First, the Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski Maybe it is my diminishing patience with holdovers born of the anti-police movement that causes me to notice residual negativistic commenters clinging to hatred like barnacles on a boat’s belly, even when there is zero reason to be vile. The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office recently posted on its social media platforms, portraying Read more »
By Steve Pomper Back in the 1980s, local American cops were dealing with the proliferation of non-American criminals unleashed on the U.S. by Fidel Castro. Cuba’s communist dictator released many of his worst criminals, some mentally deranged, into America. To show the impact of illegal (irregular) immigration on police nationally, when I was a rookie in Read more »
By Steve Pomper I can’t ignore any story about the DOJ inflicting another bogus consent decree on undeserving American cops. I understand what that feels like, as I was serving in the Seattle Police Department (SPD) when, in 2010, the DOJ targeted us for a similar investigation and eventually a bogus consent decree. This influenced my Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D One might think we could know with some certainty how many police officers there are in the country, but we can only estimate somewhere north of 750,000. There are federal cops, state cops, county cops, city cops, special jurisdiction cops, limited authority cops, volunteer cops, part-time cops, and those Read more »