By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D The recent criticism by a state oversight committee of a police training seminar rested largely on the teaching about suspect behavior during a police contact. The committee concluded that the techniques that would lead a police officer to believe that...
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D Not all of the great technology that has been applied in law enforcement has been accessible to small agencies, and some have limited value anyway. The exception appears to be the advent of the drone. More appropriately described as unmanned aerial...
By Steve Pomper Sgt. Michael Kunovich I’m sure you remember the recent video showing that oh-so-charming illegal immigrant, allegedly involved in assaulting two NYPD officers, flipping off America after he was released without bail. Well, the lawyers for another illegal alien who reportedly caused the death of a Florida deputy...
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D The New Jersey Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) has authority within the executive branch to oversee expenditures of state funds. As part of that larger mission, the OSC established the Police Accountability Project “to detect waste, fraud, abuse, and...
By Stephen Owsinski Law enforcement agencies have a plethora of events they either offer to the public or are invited to for citizens’ special occasions. In Hartford, Connecticut, city police canines capable of various law enforcement specialties were a huge hit at the most recent rollout...
Matt Gush / Alamy Stock Photo Indianapolis – March 6, 2024. The Ride-Along Resolution (H.Res. 1023) would require each member of the House of Representatives to accompany a police officer for one patrol shift once each two year term or have their name published on a...
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D It’s illegal to drive barefoot. If you have to shoot somebody, you have to drag them into your house to claim self-defense. The guy who assaulted me is Black and I’m Jewish, so that’s a hate crime. She verbally assaulted...
By Steve Pomper North Carolina State Capitol, Raleigh (Jim Bowen, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0,) When divided factions like radical leftists and traditional Americans both support more/better training for cops, you’d think that would be a good thing. But not necessarily. First, ask what each group means by more/better...
By Steve Pomper I recently read about two disturbing situations affecting Chicago cops. I know, only two. First, there’s the Chicago Police Department (CPD) Superintendent’s public criticism of the Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) for recommending the CPD fire over two dozen officers. The Second concerns Chicago...
By Stephen Owsinski Like a proverbial needle in a haystack, law enforcement officials do their darndest to unearth crucial evidence to solidify cases, using technology enabling pin-point accuracy in police work. Let’s take a look at a few examples… Recently, several Tampa, Florida police officers engaged in...