By Steve Pomper I’m sure you remember the recent video showing that oh-so-charming illegal immigrant, allegedly involved in assaulting two NYPD officers, flipping off America after he was released without bail. Well, the lawyers for another illegal alien who reportedly caused the death of a Florida deputy sheriff are letting America know they ain’t seen nothing yet. According to Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski A duo of NYPD police officers (one a lieutenant) attired in unmistakable NYPD blue uniforms were barbarically pummeled by a gang of migrants in broad daylight on a New York City sidewalk in world-renowned Times Square recently. Times Square…where the ball drops during the countdown on every New Year’s Eve, compels angst Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski The anti-police movement is inescapable for everyone, especially America’s law enforcement officers confronting the evils of society while also being hounded by negativistic mouthpieces chanting the abolition of public safety heroes. As antithetical as it gets. As is customary in law enforcement circles, for good and bad duty days, positive reinforcement is Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D Shots fired. Man with a gun. Those are not only the calls that send a surge of adrenaline through responding officers’ bodies but also comprise the fodder for the fictional encounters and shoot-outs of television and movies. Gunfire does, indeed, make up the largest percentage of murders of police Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski Resulting in an automatic felony charge, a grown man behind the wheel of a car foolishly pointed a laser up at a taxpayer-owned law enforcement helicopter in a Manatee County, Florida, subdivision populated by citizens peacefully enjoying their private space, never suspecting anything could come crashing down upon them. Pointing a laser Read more »
By Steve Pomper Are we doing this again? Yet another cop, in a fight for his life, and still people question his reasonable actions when he’s forced to shoot and kill a violent suspect. Why? Because jurisdictions fail to do what cop advocacy groups like the NPA keep saying: educate the public about what cops do. Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D As we watch the numbers throughout each year, week by week we read of the officers lost in the line of duty. Crashes, shootings, ambushes, and duty-related illnesses, take their toll. We hold our breath at the end of the year, wondering with fearful anticipation who might be the Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski Due to abysmal leadership fanning flames of hatred resulting in unprecedented violence against our nation’s law enforcement officers, daily duty briefings sometimes include prayers for protection over men and women doing dangerous public safety work on behalf of citizens. The state of our nation in terms of a faltering economy, while federal Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski Through recency, we’ve all clenched our jaws and gnashed our teeth after seeing tons of uploaded recordings of cops wrangling with resistant wrongdoers while trying to effect arrests…as pop-up video-taping do-nothings fantasize about TMZ buying their footage. Ugh! Those coming to the aid of cops, however, deserve the accolades and whatever recognition Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski Due to certain politicians coddling criminals, armed malcontents have expanded their brazen behavior by bringing gunfights to police precincts, engaging law enforcement officers in parking lots and lobbies where cops hub. On Sunday, FBI Director Christopher Wray punctuated the crazy trend of America’s cops being targeted by crazies: “Violence against law enforcement Read more »