By Steve Pomper There is some rare good news for Seattle Police officers. According to KIRO 7 News, the shrill, anti-police, open socialist City Councilmember Kshama Sawant is not running for reelection. This woman hates the police but recently called them to investigate someone hurling bags of poop into her yard. The Defund the Police leader was upset Read more »
By Steve Pomper City of Bellevue, Washington from Seattle’s Madrona Neighborhood 2011 The opinions expressed by Deputy Mayor Nieuwenhuis in this article are his own and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the entire Bellevue City Council. – Editor An article, which appeared in Law Enforcement Today, by Bellevue, WA. Deputy Mayor Jared Nieuwenhuis, highlights Read more »
By Steve Pomper This case smelled rancid from the beginning and has continued to reek of fake racism throughout the investigation, prosecution, and unsurprising acquittal. For purely political purposes, cop-hating tyrants Governor Jay Inslee and Attorney General Bob Ferguson targeted an elected sheriff. And they prosecuted a sitting sheriff based on an opportunistic newspaper delivery person, Read more »
By Steve Pomper This follow-up about Blackwell Police Department (Oklahoma) Lt. John Mitchell’s seemingly never-ending court case. The NPA has been covering since December 2019. It’s a terrible odyssey that began in May of that year and is still sputtering along today because of a turd of a DA who won’t drop it. Yes, this will Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D Every state has guidelines or statutory requirements for the treatment of crime victims. Whether the responsibility of implementing these laws is that of police officers, prosecutors, or designated victim advocates the rights of victims typically include notification of dispositions on the case, information on restitution, and the opportunity to Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski The badge-bashing influenced by hateful parties tuned to anti-law and order behaviors birthed by liberal politicos has now targeted another unformed service: Parking Enforcement Agents. The latest examples giving rise to this article transpired in metropolis liberal-lorded cities with huge populations walking among some barbaric beings who are increasingly bold about exacting Read more »
By Steve Pomper Seattle Police Car burns during 2020 BLM/Antifa riots One of the most valuable services the NPA provides, among many others, I believe, is a perspective from people, retired cops, who’ve done the job over many years, serving in various capacities in agencies spread out across our great nation. This perspective came to mind Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D If a headline read “Ambulance Services Cut to Fund Cardiac Health”, readers would shake their heads in disbelief. Would hospitals really stop responding to ambulance calls for heart attack victims to help pay for education, brochures, checkups, and low-fat diet plans? Do nations at war cut spending on troops Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D One of the proposals for the defang the police movement is for law enforcement to stop picking on drivers for violating traffic regulations. Meanwhile, about 1000 people are killed every month by drunk drivers in the 30% of fatal crashes that are alcohol-related. Another 25,000 are injured by impaired Read more »
By Steve Pomper In places where the radicals are running things, it’s distressing how often something that should never have become a thing have become a thing. This happens when people forget who they are, what their jobs are—oh, and what color the sky is in the real world. Every judge, prosecutor, defense attorney, and cop Read more »