The National Police Association is honored to announce that Frank Smith was selected as the September 2019 recipient of a scholarship for the International Fellowship of Chaplains (IFOC) training certification. Frank Smith received his IFOC chaplaincy certification having completed training in Lebanon, OH October 11, 2019. Frank Smith was a member of the Butler County Read more »
By Sgt. Nancy M. Dowdy Even though the public tends to see cops as merely a uniform, we are nearly as diverse as the public we serve. However, we don’t entirely mirror our communities when it comes to gender. As a woman in law enforcement, I never gave this much thought. I was never directly exposed Read more »
By Steve Pomper When is a crime not a crime? When government won’t enforce a law? Sure. But it also may as well not be a crime if someone doesn’t report it. It seems, west coast cities such as L.A., San Francisco, Oakland, Portland, and Seattle have found a unique way to lower crime rates: don’t Read more »
By Steve Pomper Ever since President Dwight D. Eisenhower coined the term “military industrial complex” in 1961, political activists have been using its paraphrase to scorn other institutions they revile. I just heard an anti-cop activist on the radio advocating for abolishing the police and the prison industrial complex. I rolled my eyes at that phrase Read more »
The National Police Association is honored to announce that Thomas Allen was selected as the August 2019 recipient of a scholarship for the International Fellowship of Chaplains (IFOC) training certification. Mr. Allen received his chaplaincy certification after completing the IFOC training in Lebanon, OH October 7, 2019. From 1993 to 2010 Mr. Allen was employed Read more »
By Steve Pomper Police officers encounter people who fall within a wide emotional spectrum anywhere from subdued to spectacle. Some people have emotional hair triggers and overreact at the slightest disruption to their desired state. This often causes people to sympathize with those intentionally trying to exploit their sympathy. Then there are those who are unflappable Read more »
The National Police Association is announcing a $5,000 reward for information leading to the identification, arrest, and conviction of the individual responsible for opening fire on a New Mexico State Police officer who was conducting a traffic stop in Northeast Albuquerque Friday night October 4th 2019. According to witness reports gunfire rang out around 9:20 Read more »
By Steve Pomper Here’s yet another demonstration there is no more call for public decorum when it comes to anti-cop public officials. Consider a recent award ceremony at the Tamarac City Hall, in Broward County, Florida. According to the Sun-Sentinel, among other officers, the Broward Sheriff’s Office was honoring Deputy Joshua Gallardo with an Officer of Read more »
By Steve Pomper Some people, such as members of the most fascistic of the so-called “anti-fascist” anti-police groups, Antifa, whip out the phrase “police brutality” as if they were brandishing a switchblade knife. Then they verbally (and sometimes literally) slash, stab, and strike at law enforcement (and their supporters), trying to cash in on the consequences Read more »
By Steve Pomper According to a recent story in The Seattle Times, people who sit behind desks continue to second-guess police officers. At issue is a change which, in certain circumstances, prohibits cops from pointing guns at suspects during felony stops. The King County Sheriff’s Office has instituted a new policy, which stems from a lawsuit Read more »