By Steve Pomper Is the defund the police movement losing steam? There are radicals who will never give up on any of their perverse goals. But many officials who initially supported defunding the cops have faceplanted into a reality wall. They’re learning that defunding the police results in increased crime. Who knew? The Minneapolis City Council Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D. Soon news agencies will be reporting on the annual FBI Uniform Crime Report (UCR). This annual summary of crime in America has been a staple of criminal justice planning and observation since 1930. How it works Statistics for the UCR are derived from police agencies that report statistics from Read more »
By Steve Pomper There was an interesting recent discussion on a national social media cop page. One member noticed in his area there were more campaign signs for one presidential campaign than for another. He wanted to know what the sign comparison was in other parts of the country. Officers from around the nation began letting Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski If anyone is chronically marking a calendar for each day anarchy rears its ugly dome, the letter X is likely getting lotsa play. Baseless, unruly behavior persists. Political pundits lob low blows at each other while Americans endure a pandemic rife with uncertainty. Social media channels plunge seemingly surreal hubbub at us Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D. The only thing more expensive to a community than funding a police department is not having an adequately funded police department. September’s hurricane Sally hit Alabama with an estimated destruction cost of 3 billion dollars. Like an unexpected storm, estimates from rioting related to the George Floyd in-custody death Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski For anyone to understand how a NYPD cop can tolerate the tenor of a constantly anti-police climate rife with crime, just know it is not necessarily only the criminal element which is placing too much weight on the camel’s back. No one joins the largest police department in the country thinking it Read more »
By Steve Pomper The year, 2020, is kicking our butts as a nation, especially with some politicians who are determined to make it as difficult as possible, while others try to return our nation to some semblance of normality. Through it all, America’s law enforcement officers keep doing what they do: helping to keep Americans Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski This past week the rubber hit the roadways in Florida as a phalanx of red, white, and blue-clad bicyclists traversed through Sunshine State cities until they chronicled 500 miles of trekking in honor of fallen police officers, firefighters and EMS technicians. This band of brothers on bicycles were dedicated members of the Read more »
Sgt. Betsy Brantner Smith (Ret.) joined Christina Bobb on OANN to push back against ‘reimagining police’ and the ‘defund the police’ movement.
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D. In their rush to claim credit for police reform, many states have banned the “choke hold” , tear gas on rioters, and “military” grade equipment. These measures are more likely to get more citizens hurt as well as police officers, because the equipment and techniques are valuable assets in Read more »