By Steve Pomper In an op-ed recently published in The Washington Times (full article here), Brooke Rollins of the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) provided an interpretation (or, more apt, a translation) of the recent 2022 State of the Union address, as it affects American law and freedom. The interpretation/translation addressed issues such as, “Build Back Better is Wrong for America,” “Americans Read more »
By Steve Pomper I remember when I was a rookie, a crusty vet told me that criminals would not be my biggest worry. He said it would be my own city’s leadership. He was talking about administrative BS, training BS, policy BS, and discipline BS. He was right. However, another piece of advice I’d been given in Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it is time for a new breed of police officer. The antiquated idea that police officers must use split-second observations to respond to potentially lethal threats will no longer reign. The simple answer is to recruit only police officers who are clairvoyant. Officers with the Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski All propagators and ilk-like supporters of the defund-the-police charade have only themselves to thank for the loss of a political fiefdom voicing the nonsensical defunding of police which emboldened malcontents, jeopardized many lives, and enabled ravage of businesses in cities which gave birth to an antithetical cacophony against cops and undermined everyone’s Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski A brazen thug armed with a stolen firearm decided to go full-bore against a few NYPD cops called to address yet another “man with a gun” call, one among a litany transpiring in a politicized climate whose mayor did nothing more than dump fuel on the fire he not only ignited but Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski Rittenhouse has become a household name after the young man exercised his constitutional rights to bear arms and defend himself with said weaponry against armed threats confronting/assaulting him on a city street in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on August 25, 2020. On November 19, 2021, a jury of his/our peers acquitted him on all Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D At a recent judge’s conference, a high-level justice cautioned his audience of judges to be careful about making open court opinion statements about a police officer’s credibility or competence. For this appellate judge to make this aside in the midst of a presentation is an indicator of the apparent Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D For all of the attempts to chip away and police effectiveness – or even police existence – the real accountability for quality policing has always been as close as the nearest voting booth or local council meeting. One of the specters handing over the effort to destroy local law Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D As they say in the South, “bless their hearts”. What we used to call soft on crime is now mental health awareness, racial justice, and criminal justice reform. In Colorado, Governor Polis signed legislation to reduce penalties for some offenses. Former Colorado prosecutor George Brauchler pointed out in a Read more »