By Stephen Owsinski Greyhounds are known to be winners with superior sprinting traits but also have capitalized characteristics when interacting with humans, especially those confronting chronic duress from careers in law enforcement. Hence, the Dallas Police Wellness Unit has added four-year-old “Austin” (aka Aussie) the...
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D There is a usually good-natured rivalry between police officers and firefighters. Police officers say they are glad to serve because firefighters need heroes to look up to. They say that kids dressed as firefighters on Halloween can’t go to the...
Monrovia, CA PD Police Explorer Post #132 Law enforcement explorer programs provide a common meeting ground for police and youth in the areas of social, educational, and recreational activities. Explorer Post #132 offers opportunities to learn about law enforcement through participation in ride-alongs with police officers, receive...
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D Shots fired. Man with a gun. Those are not only the calls that send a surge of adrenaline through responding officers’ bodies but also comprise the fodder for the fictional encounters and shoot-outs of television and movies. Gunfire does, indeed,...
By Stephen Owsinski Resulting in an automatic felony charge, a grown man behind the wheel of a car foolishly pointed a laser up at a taxpayer-owned law enforcement helicopter in a Manatee County, Florida, subdivision populated by citizens peacefully enjoying their private space, never suspecting...
By Steve Pomper Photo by David von Diemar on Unsplash I recently wrote about how tired cops are of continually having to say I told you so about anti-cop legislation disguised as “police reform.” Add the many other things politicians are doing to chase cops out of the profession...
Pat Canova – Alamy Stock Photo (Indianapolis) November 9, 2023 — The Honoring Police Officer and K9 Service Act of 2023 (H.R.5885) is federal legislation that would establish a grant program to help offset the cost of veterinary care of retired federal, state, and local...
By Stephen Owsinski With the unfortunate depletion of sworn law enforcement officers stemming from the ludicrous defund-the-police noise and demoralization of cops —compliments of contrarians and their criminal pacification— an all-hands-on-deck initiative is necessary among America’s police organizations. Enter San Diego PD’s R.S.V.P. program, incorporating...
By Steve Pomper Bear: now-retired electronics-sniffing dog (ESD) K9 officer This is a great story that’s mostly been around for a while, but it’s worth our recollecting it. And there are updates about a close call for police K9 Bear in his retirement. Sadly, I don’t often get...
Indianapolis/ November 7, 2023 – As Philadelphia suffers from its police department being hundreds of officers short, and residents continue to be threatened by a prosecutor and city council who refuse to hold criminals accountable, the National Police Association’s “Cops are Heroes” mobile billboard tours...