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 »
By Steve Pomper Radicals have intentionally made sure the requisite balance in the American justice system is so out of whack in some cities, states, and certainly in the federal government, that it’s become virtually unrecognizable. The scales of justice, rather than horizontal, are now nearly vertical. What’s frightening is that the remaining George Soros-funded DAs 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 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 Stephen Owsinski On May 30, 2024, Connecticut State Police Trooper First Class Aaron Pelletier was tragically killed in the line of duty when a truck struck him while he was conducting a traffic stop. According to the Officer Down Memorial Page (ODMP) synopsis, Trooper Pelletier “pulled over a vehicle on the right shoulder of Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D June 20th, 2024 is the official beginning of summer, but Memorial Day is the real kickstarter. For a significant part of the country, the heat of the season can be as much of an enemy as criminals. For cops working patrol, the additional 30 or more pounds of gear Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D The recent solar eclipse, with a few exceptions, was regarded as a natural phenomenon happily explained by astronomers. We were assured that the sun was not being consumed by a cosmic dragon and that the moon’s shadow was not the dawn of the apocalypse. It is an interesting study Read more »
By Steve Pomper After reading the NPA’s own Chief Joel Shults’ recent outstanding article expounding on his so frequently having to assert, “I told you so,” to the radical leftists’ anti-police “police reform” failing legislation, I almost changed my topic. But my main point is that these activists need to hear, “I told you so”—repeatedly. Chief Shults wrote, Read more »
By Steve Pomper Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty (Creative Commons Zero, Public Domain Dedication) Some people just don’t believe the rules apply to them even if ignoring those rules risks people’s lives. You think I mean criminals, right? Well, I’m a retired cop, so, yes. But I also mean the politically motivated public officials who Read more »