By Steve Pomper What if you hired a lactose intolerant milkman and then he refused to deliver milk? You’d fire him, right? Well, perhaps voters in blue jurisdictions should also fire their public prosecutors. In L.A., they’re trying to do just that by recalling DA George Gascon. Like the milkman who won’t deliver milk, voters are Read more »
The Obama Gang
Don’t shoot – here’s the money
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D If we haven’t had enough forehead slapping, eye-rolling, what the heck moments in the past year, here’s another: paying people not to shoot other people. Saying “Don’t shoot, here take my money” sounds more like a robbery than a social program, but some social engineers think it will save Read more »
Baltimore Police Face Multiple Challenges: Myth-Breaking Being One
By Steve Pomper If there is ever going to be genuine change to decrease Baltimore’s soaring crime, it can come only after an honest realization of the true problems there. But that’s not likely. Creating a myth about bad cops has become too necessary for political fundraising. But it’s not so great for people who need Read more »
Indoctrination and Bullying of Seattle Police Officers Continues
By Steve Pomper I write a lot of stories involving Seattle. It’s not just because I served on its police department for over two decades, but also because they’ve been on the cusp of leftist government-sponsored racism indoctrination and practice. This includes putting police officers through “anti-racism” classes, which is just the usual rancid jar of Read more »
Police Academy: You’re All Responsible for Each Other’s Actions = ACAB
By Steve Pomper The anti-cop laws proliferating in America are already wreaking havoc in many jurisdictions and are now infecting law enforcement academies. The Seattle Times recently published a story about how Washington’s police academy is integrating the state’s new anti-cop laws into its lesson plans. While law enforcement academies may have veteran officers who continue to teach practical defensive Read more »
The Seattle Times Endorses a Pro-Cop Candidate for City Attorney
By Steve Pomper It’s difficult to speak of other than the negative things happening in policing and to police officers, these days. Cops are being disciplined, fired, or even threatened with prison—too often just for doing their jobs. Seattle cops are also under threat of termination if they don’t get vaccinated. But there are stories that may Read more »
Comply Now, Complain Later: Washington DC Edition
By Steve Pomper When dealing with police officers, particularly when facing being detained, the National Police Association’s new PSA advises people to, “Comply Now, Complain Later”, rather than resist or flee. Examples of resisting and fleeing arrests ending badly abound. No matter how much one disagrees with the cops, one can always file a complaint later. There is Read more »
The Real-Life Consequences of Real-Life Stupidity
By Steve Pomper A recent social media post I received, inserted below, is instructive when attempting to navigate the truly stupid “police reform” laws, which rode in on the coattails of disastrous “defund the police” politics. After suffering through so many inane media comments from radical leftists, it always grounds me to get a dose of Read more »
Portland: Adding “Gun Violence” Prevention Unit After Just Cutting “Gun Violence” Prevention Unit
By Steve Pomper Last year, in response to the radical’s call for defunding the Portland chapter of ACAB, the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) dismantled a specialty squad formed to prevent violent crime, particularly those committed with illegal firearms. So, violent crime, particularly firearms related, has soared in Portland since the defund the police “success.” Portland defunded its police Read more »
Illinois Sheriff Retires: Police “Reforms” Won’t Let Him Do His Job
By Steve Pomper The NPA recently covered a story about Illinois’ new “Safe-T Act,” a supposed police “reform,” which is nothing but another pile of anti-police garbage. In her Epoch Times article, reporter Cara Ding expands on a previous article she’d written about the Illinois legislation but focusing on one sheriff and his reasons for leaving office and Read more »