By Steve Pomper These two stories flew onto my radar on the same day, and though only tangentially related, both tell the story of failure (or success, if the aim was to bring down the Seattle Police Department (SPD). There is the failure to honor a police department’s history, culture, cops, and their sacrifices and the Read more »
By Steve Pomper This article stems from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’s latest round of controversial gun law legislation, but it’s not about the new law itself. I’m not addressing what the new gun law does to Mass. citizens’ self-defense rights. I’ll even set aside opponents’ efforts to repeal the law However, being a native of the Read more »
By Steve Pomper Once again, a woke criminal justice system official, in this case, a Texas Judge Steve Duble, is citing his desire for the police to “focus on violent crime” as his justification for allowing low-level offenders to evade responsibility for their legitimate, albeit minor, crimes, as reported by Kyle McClenagan at Houston Public Media. Read more »
By Steve Pomper Isn’t it well past time to stop the crime spree committed by the violent criminals hiding within the deluge of illegal aliens allowed— encouraged and even assisted—to enter the United States? The glut of reports of illegals committing everything from minor offenses to major violent crimes should be enough, but apparently, it isn’t. Read more »
By Steve Pomper What do we know for sure about police staffing shortages and crime increases across America? That the one follows the other—every time! And what do officer shortages follow—every time? An intentional dereliction of duty by officials responsible for providing public safety to the community. And, once again, this story about public safety neglect Read more »
By Steve Pomper Let’s begin with a heads-up for any leftist virtue signalers who place the welfare of criminals over innocent victims: Don’t try to use the excuse “but this crime (criminal or victim) is different (or worse) than others” to justify your anger because some aspects of the crime provide you an exception to your Read more »
By Steve Pomper Not again! How many times are we going to go through this? And by this, I mean the repeated disrespect some government officials show for cops’ lives. You may have noticed that I have a difficult time ignoring stories out of two states. One where I now live, Washington State, and the one Read more »
By Steve Pomper Ferguson, Missouri, Police Chief Troy Doyle said his police officers tried to handle an August 9th demonstration peacefully. The protest marked the tenth anniversary of when Michael Brown robbed a store and was then shot by a police officer after attacking him and attempting to take his gun. The officer was cleared of Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D A decade ago I was on the ground covering the Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson, Missouri. Other than the burned and boarded-up buildings the street had an almost carnival-like atmosphere. Families were meandering complete with baby carriages and school-aged children periodically raised their hands in the “hands up, don’t Read more »
By Steve Pomper I can’t ignore any story about the DOJ inflicting another bogus consent decree on undeserving American cops. I understand what that feels like, as I was serving in the Seattle Police Department (SPD) when, in 2010, the DOJ targeted us for a similar investigation and eventually a bogus consent decree. This influenced my Read more »