Sunday April 4th at 10am ET with Mark Lamb, Sheriff of Pinal County, AZ, author, and Constitutional Conservative, online at https://Pluto.TV/live-tv/The-First or on the https://www.thefirsttv.com app or on https://www.youtube.com/c/NationalPoliceAssociation
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D. Stable employment used to be one of the perks of being a police officer. Today, every officer is one decision away from being torn from their career. The decision doesn’t even have to be wrong for the ax to fall. As the law enforcement profession continues to take fire, Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D. There are nearly 19,000 law enforcement agencies in the United States employing an estimated 700,000 police officers. Exact numbers fluctuate as new agencies are added and others dissolve. There are many part time and reserve officers, as well as correctional officers who are sometimes counted as certified peace officers Read more »
Sunday March 28th at 10am ET with Scott Rose, Sheriff of Dodge County, MN and host of the Officer Down Memorial Podcast, online at https://Pluto.TV/live-tv/The-First or on the https://www.thefirsttv.com app or on https://www.youtube.com/c/NationalPoliceAssociation
By Stephen Owsinski One of the reasons I went into law enforcement stemmed from my childhood, watching NYPD cops and FDNY firefighters and all manner of folks standing behind them, in support, proud of do-gooders in their midst. Many years later, I would feel that same way, except I was in a blue uniform working Read more »
Sunday March 14th at 10am ET with Dr. Jean Kanokogi PhD, Director of Mental Health & Peer Support Services, Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, online at https://Pluto.TV/live-tv/The-First or on the https://www.thefirsttv.com app or after broadcast on https://www.youtube.com/c/NationalPoliceAssociation
By Stephen Owsinski Sometimes it does take a village, and the family of recently fallen Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Michael Magli mourning his tragic line-of-duty death (LODD) will feel the heartfelt embrace of folks whose behind-the-scenes efforts are nothing shy of poignant and altruistic, thanks to a self-explanatory group called BadgeWives…”The Family Behind the Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D. I knew when one of my most supportive friends, a former combat pilot and conservative, asked what was going on in law enforcement after hearing so much controversy in the wake of the Michael Brown case in Ferguson, Missouri in 2014, that the assumption of support from the silent Read more »
By Steve Pomper It’s easy for us to retreat to our political factions regarding responses to increasing crime, but it should be more than that. Cops serving in blue jurisdictions want to enforce the laws equally when addressing homelessness, addiction, and mental illness-related street crime. Unfortunately, many blue city leaders won’t allow cops to enforce the Read more »
By Stephen Owsinski Although it is most common for 20-somethings to enter the police profession, it is highly uncommon for almost-century-old folks to still be workin’ the beat. Rare but possible, the law enforcement trade has a few iconic figures buffing a badge, pinning it on police blues, strapping a duty belt, and doing the Read more »