By Stephen Owsinski “Enough is enough” couldn’t be said enough, and one governor got beyond talking points, put it on paper, gave it teeth, and publicized lawful measures whereby the state seeks to defund jurisdictions which defund their police. Energizing that vane, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis also enacted punitive measures for protestors who step across Read more »
By Steve Pomper Within days of being disgraced by the DOJ, as one of America’s anti-cop troika, as if on cue, the radical Seattle City Council voted 7–2 to override Mayor Jenny Durkan’s veto of an effort to defund the Seattle Police Department (SPD). And this is just one battleground in the multi-front war being fought Read more »
Watch the latest video at foxnews.comNPA’s Sgt. Betsy Brantner Smith (Ret.) joined Pete Hegseth on FOX & Friends to discuss why the suspect in the Louisville police shootings should be charged with attempted murder
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D. Admittedly, the smoke from wildfires was enough to sour my visit to Portland, Oregon. I would have been distressed anyway. Portland is a mess. In a democracy, short of a natural disaster, when a city is a mess the ultimate persons responsible are the voters. As good citizens ponder Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D. Ask a citizen which country lost 7 government officials to assassination in the last year. They might be surprised to hear that it is us. The United States of America. Shocking? Newsworthy? Alarming? Not when the dead are police officers. These officers were not arresting anyone. They were doing Read more »
By Steve Pomper The forces that comprise the radical anti-cop left are not content to defund or abolish only the police. Harassing and attacking police unions, officials, and members is also not enough. No, the left-wing extremists are now targeting police foundations. Police foundations are charitable organizations that exist to provide moral, material, and financial Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski The logic-defying pledges to defund police departments while also allowing “autonomous zones” to birth and fester is the bane in cities which allow such atrocities, and law-abiding tax-paying citizens are socially, emotionally, economically, and physically succumbing to the will of political panderers satiating those who demand undue indemnity. Recent reports out of Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski With all the acrimony amid our society lately, it is refreshing and gratifying to see any kind of bonds flourish regardless of the noise outside (or inside, if you are dining in a restaurant and anarchists storm in to make demands). While the abolish police-biters sharpen their fangs, the steady flow of Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D. Police officers know the truth from the trash when we watch the news and what passes for news. Many who want to be supporters of officers do not have the information needed to make sense of the screaming headlines that bombard us hourly. How can we help our citizens, Read more »
By Steve Pomper Most cops I know, my happily retired self included, have been opposed to civilian, meaning exclusively or majority civilian, police oversight for as long as I can remember. The “de-fund or abolish the police” movement has lost some of its luster with otherwise normal people who got caught up in the Marxist Read more »