(Indianapolis) November 21, 2021. The National Police Association (NPA) awarded a grant to the Mansfield Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association to be used for the benefit of the Explorers program. The Mansfield Police Department, in cooperation with Scouts BSA subsidiary Learning for Life, sponsors a Law Enforcement Explorer Post for youth ages 14 to 20 Read more »
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Healthy Homes Allows Peace Officers’ Mental Health to Thrive
By Steve Pomper For law enforcement officers, today, navigating a career while maintaining health, both physical and mental, is crucial. Whether the officer is single, married, married with children, single with children, or whatever domestic configuration, a cop’s challenges are unique, especially in the anti-cop environment shrouding too much of our nation. Each officer processes emotionally Read more »
The Cop’s Holiday Spirit
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D There are a lot of great things about being in law enforcement. There’s a sense of purpose, experiences of saving lives, bringing peace to chaos, the internal assurance that the world is an incrementally better place with you in it. Granted, there are days and seasons when it takes Read more »
Univ. of Cali Student: ‘There is No Reason at All to Decrease the Number of Officers’
By Stephen Owsinski Here we go again, with the spoon-feed of lies pushing cops-are-the-problem pablum as if we are undeveloped brains deficient in distinguishing for ourselves what/who the real troublemakers are in our society. The statement quoted in our title comes from a shoes-on-the-ground student, on the heels of the University of California—Davis administration announcing Read more »
Not Only Re-Funding Cops but Also Putting Police Back in Schools
By Steve Pomper The public-school district I’ve lived in for three decades, and put three kids through, booted school resource officers out of schools last year, during the tidal wave of anti-police stupidity. They used fake accusations of fake racism and fake fear to do it. The district alleged “students of color” recoiled in fear of police officers Read more »
‘NPA Report’ Preview #2: Full Episode 11/21/21
See new episodes Sundays 10 AM EST on Pluto TV CH 244 or on The First TV app or at https://www.youtube.com/c/NationalPoliceAssociation
Understaffed Port Police Fighting Organized Crime Threat to the Supply Chain
By Stephen Owsinski Of the kaleidoscope of cops hired, trained, and geared for specialized functions, one among the array of safety and security assets relegated for enforcement of commerce and gobs and gobs of products destined for our markets/consumption are the men and women staffing port police departments. These super-specialized law enforcement entities relegated to Read more »
Sneak Preview #1 NPA Report: Full Episode 11/21/21
See new episodes Sundays 10 AM EST on Pluto TV CH 244 or on The First TV app or at https://www.youtube.com/c/NationalPoliceAssociation
Sidelining Police Protection is Always a Bad Idea
By Stephen Owsinski Mad scientists and their scorched earth mentalities recklessly editing cops from society, thus forfeiting the safety of citizens, is a study of power-craving politicos guaranteeing vulnerability, placing holiday season revelers (any season, really) in the trajectory of very bad actors. Whether in council chambers or upper-floor fiefdom, elected officials governing jurisdictions who Read more »
Brea, CA Police Explorer Post Awarded National Police Association Grant
This grant will aid in funding Academy costs and competition fees for participants of the Brea Police Department Explorers Post. The post is designed to build confidence, instill respect for others, create a sense of pride and achievement via community service, and expose participants to all aspects of police work in a controlled and safe Read more »