By Stephen Owsinski The anti-police movement is inescapable for everyone, especially America’s law enforcement officers confronting the evils of society while also being hounded by negativistic mouthpieces chanting the abolition of public safety heroes. As antithetical as it gets. As is customary in law enforcement circles,...
By Stephen Owsinski How politicos think and render decisions on behalf of many citizens is crucial to an environment’s welfare and public safety successes, both mainstay ingredients for all other aspects to prosper. Yet it is bewildering to see city figureheads going about governance with...
Indianapolis, November 24, 2023 – As Atlanta suffers from its police department being hundreds of officers short, residents continue to be threatened by a local government that refuses to hold criminals accountable, and a collection of criminal anarchists conspire to halt the new police training...
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D Long before the current shouts for police reform, police leaders and trainers have been considering the efficiency of basic police academy training. Since the New York City School of Pistol Practice in 1895, which grew into a more generalized policy...
INDIANAPOLIS, November 23, 2023 — An Oregon Judge has ruled in accordance with the NPA’s amicus brief in striking down a magazine ban that would have negatively impacted Oregon public safety. The new law, Ballot Measure 114, required a permit from local police (which may be...
By Stephen Owsinski Deputies with the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office in Florida encountered a few “sovereign citizens” stemming from a traffic stop for displaying a license plate that was self-manufactured and self-proclaiming non-participation in the laws, rules, and regulations we acknowledge in American society. So, what...
By Stephen Owsinski Law enforcement agency social media channels were quite busy for Veteran’s Day 2023, depicting America’s cops embracing military service members who survived combat and all manner of wartime grit and vulnerabilities. On November 11, 2023, many police posts illustrated U.S. Armed Forces personnel...
By Steve Pomper What were you doing about three years ago, let’s say, on June 25th, 2020? Maybe you enjoyed a bike ride, went to work, celebrated an anniversary, a birthday, or, more likely, you don’t remember Now, what have you done over the past three years? Probably...
Simone Hogan / Alamy Stock Photo Indianapolis – November 20, 2023 — The Local Law Enforcement Protection Act (H.R. 5264) is a federal bill designed to protect qualified immunity for state and local police officers. The bill was re-introduced by Reps. Claudia Tenney (NY-24) and Andrew Garbarino (NY-2)...
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D One of the things I did, to most kids’ delight, when I was “Officer Friendly” visiting schools, was to give them a tour of my “batbelt”. Even today, as a School Safety Officer, the question “What is all that stuff”...
