Riverside County California Sheriff’s Deputy Isaiah Cordero, 32, was killed in traffic stop by William Shae McKay, a violent criminal who was freed on bail pending sentencing by Judge Cara D. Hutson after being convicted of kidnapping and assault (his third strike) and again after not showing up for his original sentencing date. Riverside County Sheriff Chad Read more »
By Steve Pomper Professional athletes are no different from any other Americans in terms of equality according to government. These competitors work incredibly long and hard to develop their unique talents, and, for that, they deserve their accolades. However, pro athletes are also among the most privileged people in the United States, so when they use Read more »
By Steve Pomper In too many areas of this country, if you’re an avowed leftist, even a member of a violent anti-police de facto militia like BLM or Antifa, if you commit a crime, even with a firearm, often, you’re not held responsible. And, even if you are held responsible, they might let you out for Read more »
By Steve Pomper BLM Protesters in NYC Many stories about wrongly accused police officers come down to a straightforward question: What else could the officer have reasonably done? Unfortunately, we must insert “reasonably” because, guaranteed, there’s someone out there who’d suggest some equivalent to the “Hollywood” option: “He should have shot the gun out of the Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D We’ve seen the ACAB (All Cops Are Bad) protest posters and have heard the shouts amid riots and protests claiming racism and brutality. We tend to think, and have been led to believe, that these voices spontaneously arose out of righteous indignation and the ACAB view caught on with Read more »
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D If a headline read “Ambulance Services Cut to Fund Cardiac Health”, readers would shake their heads in disbelief. Would hospitals really stop responding to ambulance calls for heart attack victims to help pay for education, brochures, checkups, and low-fat diet plans? Do nations at war cut spending on troops Read more »
By Steve Pomper Washington D.C. ‘Defund the Police’ mural They say (yes, those they) people will get the law enforcement they deserve. This analysis refers to voters who keep electing candidates who work against their public safety interests but find themselves mystified that crime is getting worse. Curiously, with crime increasing at alarming rates, voters in many Read more »
By Steve Pomper I just wrote an NPA article about a police officer from Norfolk, Virginia, Edmund “Ryan” Hoyt, who was wrongly tried (twice) for voluntary manslaughter (first was a mistrial) and then finally, rightly, acquitted—because there was never any evidence the officer committed a crime. One more time: just because you don’t like the outcome, Read more »
By Steve Pomper After I retired, I kept finding myself telling my fellow officers, “I didn’t think it could get any worse.” But the number of cops leaving their agencies keeps getting worse. But that’s the disaster of radical incrementalism that leftist jurisdictions apply by policy through propaganda and indoctrination, which forces good officers to retire or Read more »
By Steve Pomper With the onslaught of violence against police officers over the past couple of weeks, I thought it might be a good time to revisit a few issues affecting policing in America today and how the cop-critic media and anti-police politicians are providing aid and comfort to the enemies of law enforcement. Though the Read more »