By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D An Associated Press news article by reporter Mark Stevenson describes the actions of soldiers of the Mexican Army. The story, which I read in the Denver Post November 7th edition, relates how power drug cartels are engaging in extortion of local farmers in addition to profiting from the manufacture Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D The recent Supreme Court decision in Bond v. City of Tahlequah that was informed, in part, by a brief from the National Police Association, speaks to the issue of qualified immunity in several important ways. One regards quantum physics, another politics. In case you missed it, the case involves Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D There are software programs that can count how many times a writer uses certain words or phrases. Having a writing style is one thing, but boring repetition can signal that the writer is getting stale. So this writer is going to apologize in advance for using the phrase “knee-jerk” Read more »
By Steve Pomper With all the law enforcement officers being maliciously criminally charged by anti-cop prosecutors across the country, it’s refreshing to see a judge’s ruling that dismisses wrongful manslaughter charges against two U.S. Park Police officers. So, let’s review what happened during an incident that took place on the George Washington Parkway on Nov. 17, Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski While the nation’s commander-in-chief vacations and wanders off on junkets, and his border czar is curiously somewhere in the wind, our U.S. Border Patrol agents are busily tallying record numbers of arrests of illegal immigrants, the very publicly announced lot which U.S. intelligence officials received warnings about from other nation states flagging Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D It didn’t take a prophet to predict the collapse of law and order when the anti-police movement virus spread from criminals and academic philosophers to politicians and government leaders. It also took no supernatural skill to predict that regret, backpedaling, and restoration would inevitably follow. A prime example is Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski Although it is not the first Big Box chain compelled to reconsider operating hours or altogether pack up and leave, Walgreens took further drastic steps by shuttering even more stores and reducing its retail footprint in San Francisco. This signals the mounting moves of businesses stemming from unmitigated losses due to liberal-run Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D A subtle subset of the defund the police movement is efforts to defang the police by reducing the types of weapons available to them. During a recent decommissioning of a park police program in Chicago Heights, a suburb of Chicago, Mayor David Gonzalez shocked to find rifles in law Read more »
By Steve Pomper A literal mass of humanity appears to be wending its way toward America’s southern border. FOX News reports, “Panama warns 60K Haitian migrants heading to US.” According to reporter Jeff Paul, “Panama says Biden was warned of the migrant surge.” So, what do people like Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Read more »
By Steve Pomper Many law enforcement officers are being overcharged or falsely charged with policy violations and, worse, crimes. Suspects are engaging in bad behavior and too many cops are being held responsible for those behaviors. But officers must make sure they don’t become their own worst enemies. A major reason is because anti-police politicians Read more »