By Stephen Owsinski Among the many pro/con movements regarding policing in a transparent society opining contrarily, some Americans are now claiming that law enforcement officer hiring practices ought to exclude military veterans from consideration, citing fears of a “militaristic” police force. For law enforcement officers, this is yet another hit for those policing the United Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D. Since the mid-1980s, a lot of attention has been given to the Broken Windows Theory of crime proposed by James Q. Wilson and George Kelling. The timing of the publishing of their theory coincided with an increase in violent crime and fear of crime. Violent crime became a national Read more »
By Steve Pomper It’s hard to believe the NPA has been reporting on the Lt. John Mitchell saga for over a year about an incident that occurred in May 2019 in Blackwell, Oklahoma. Mitchell is a lieutenant with the Blackwell Police Department who was indicted by DA Jason Hicks for stopping an active shooter who was Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D. Station 19 is an ABC television nighttime soap opera set in a fictional fire station in Seattle. Along with the internal feuds and love affairs at the firehouse, the writers have taken up the pop culture themes of bad cops doing bad things, and systemic racism. As is often Read more »
By Steve Pomper One of the National Police Association’s (NPA) missions is to watchdog district attorney’s offices across the nation. This is critical especially for offices occupied by George Soros-funded candidates. In fact, in December 2018, the NPA filed a bar complaint against Soros-funded DA Rachael Rollins in Boston, Mass. Her negative actions affect not only Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D. “Father tased trying to save 3 year old” was one variation of the national headlines that appeared in news reports across the country. This borrowed and often repeated headline didn’t tell the whole story, the real story, or the rest of the story. The real story is of two Read more »
By Steve Pomper In March 2018, I wrote an article that appeared at OpsLens about a rookie San Francisco P.D. officer, Christopher Samayoa. The city fired him after he was involved in an officer involved shooting in 2017. Getting terminated for doing his job was bad enough. However, three years after being wrongly fired, just a few Read more »