By Stephen Owsinski Despite the barks for transparency and reform and reimagining the law enforcement institution to suit our society, a majority of America’s top cops have been publicizing police operations and activity well before the know-it-all noisemakers picked up their bullhorns—it’s only ratcheted up a few notches. Previously, a sworn LEO with training and/or Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D Dateline Portland, August 2021: “Portland business owners frustrated by vandalism, property crime as police say they lack resources” A reporter for Fox 12 news in Portland quotes a Portland Police Bureau lieutenant lamenting that PPB officers barely have time to respond to crimes against persons, and rarely have time Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D When a police officer is killed it is professional practice to support surviving families and colleagues by the agency’s leadership and the jurisdiction’s leaders. Whether by genuine compassion or for a photo opportunity, a hospital visit shows some level of concern for a fallen hero. But what happens when Read more »
The National Police Association has awarded the Fort Pierce, FL PD a $1000.00 grant in support of the department’s Explorer program. The Fort Pierce, FL Police Explorer program teaches: * How to conduct a routine and high risk traffic stop. * Weapons safety and how to shoot the different law enforcement weapons. * Defensive tactics Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D Every house, vehicle, and individual is in need of maintenance. To let periodic adjustments and repairs go unattended on anything is to ensure the eventual loss of its value. The same is true with democracy. What happens when our way of governing, including the primary purpose of maintaining peace Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski As the rhetoric roots and the nonsensical anti-police voices drone on, compare/contrast examples evolve by the millisecond each day in America. Defund the police mouthpieces versus phenomenal police work are distinctly different. The constitutional foundation engendering citizens voting for whom they feel will serve the greater good remains a staple principle. In Read more »
By Steve Pomper We promised we’d be back with additional coverage from Oklahoma of the long-awaited resolution to the ordeal Blackwell Police Department Lt. John Mitchell has been suffering since May 2019—for doing his job. We’ve been covering this good man’s struggles since December 2019 and have provided updates throughout. On August 12th, 2021, Kay County District Court Judge Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski That astounding and deplorable factor came out during a Fox News panel discussion regarding the 45 people shot throughout the weekend of August 6-8, 2021. By now you are aware that among the 45 victims were two Chicago police officers, one of whom, Officer Ella French, perished after being raced to the Read more »
By Steve Pomper Along with defunding the police, and replacing cops with “violence interrupters,” social workers, leftist radicals have also called for disarming the police, even of their sidearms. For example, a social media “influencer” recently wrote about taking guns away from the police. Making her argument, she said, “The police do not need guns. There Read more »