By Stephen Owsinski That title (more on that in a moment) would seem a ludicrous question for anyone who was born before September 11, 2001, but music sensation Darryl Worley scripted lyrics to compel minds to reconsider the fateful day when the heart of our beloved nation had a stake driven through it. Two, actually…the Read more »
By Steve Pomper I recently received two jolts in 12 hours. One evening, a good friend, in fact we worked together for many years in the same precinct, told me he was done with the Seattle Police Department (SPD). He’d accepted an offer from a sheriff’s office in the region. I couldn’t blame him. Things Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski While the misguided anti-police mouthpieces keep barking to defund and abolish the police, critical-thinking pro-public safety brains are analyzing ways to circumvent neutering and/or shuttering law enforcement agencies. It seems the credo “Don’t mess with Texas!” is alive and kicking…especially on the state level. Texas state governance is using forward-thinking concepts bolstered Read more »
By Steve Pomper Here is yet another report from the insane asylum otherwise known as the Seattle City Council headed by its chief lunatic, socialist Kshama Sawant. It’s no secret I am not a big fan of Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan either. About a decade ago, when she was the U.S. Attorney for Washington, she Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D. One voice that has not been loud amid the clamor to replace police response with social worker response is that of social workers. The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) has taken an official position on ending excessive force by police. In a press release the NASW referred to Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski What would seem like an endemic factor, one Ohio county sheriff took to the airwaves to remind armed thugs that if they shoot at his law enforcement officers, return fire is a guaranteed response. Although Butler County Sheriff Richard K. Jones is directly referring to folks in his jurisdiction, his message has Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D. Local law enforcement hasn’t garnered much attention from the White House for most of America’s history. Things are very different now and not necessarily for the better. The affairs of local policing were in the hands of elected sheriffs and marshals in the early days. Municipal police departments proliferated Read more »
The National Police Association has released a radio public service announcement (PSA) to bring awareness to the as yet undisclosed consequences of the ‘Defund the Police’ movement. Reviews of proposed and actual cuts to law enforcement budgets across the United States show they do not explain to their communities the reduction in police services those Read more »
By Steve Pomper Oregon Governor Kate Brown, who apparently has a spine resembling seaweed out of water, has played an interesting game with her state’s public safety, and she’s losing. The radical, anti-law and order politician now struggles against a tsunami of opposition to her highly partisan rule. Gov. Brown never wanted the Feds in Portland Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski Despite all the nasty noise and constant police-centric epithets jarring the minds of law enforcement officers, it is reassuring that they keep vigilance over duty-bound responsibilities. It is equivalently noble and with significant intestinal fortitude that these same public servants solemnly honor their fallen and stay in the fight against evil. Whether Read more »