By Steve Pomper How could I not write about these cops? They brought those of us parched-for-law-and-order folks, “water” in a rule-of-law desert—figuratively and literally. Figuratively because it wasn’t actually H2O, but it literally happened in the desert. Add to that the incident apparently set radical lefties...
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D American policing is unique in the world primarily because of our national historic interest in liberty and self-determination. 1) We are not a branch of the military. Even though law enforcement is often described as paramilitary, American policing is decidedly...
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D Why didn’t they de-escalate? That’s the question posed after police use of force events asked by citizens of goodwill and skeptics alike. It is a valid question and one that deserves an answer. The answer is that the officer...
By Stephen Owsinski Nowadays, the word “progressive” has a negative connotation due to a political party plunging their hair-brained policies and schemes down our throats, tyrannically telling us how to live. Positively, a county sheriff’s command staff is progressively hitting the street beat, illustrating Why...
By Steve Pomper I thought we were over this moronic nonsense, but I guess not. However, that this incident happened in San Francisco makes a strange sort of sense in a nonsensical way. What do I mean? A business still refusing to serve cops would be in...
By Doug Wyllie The settlement / judgement in a class-action lawsuit—ODonnell et al. v. Harris County et al.—includes the ODonnell Consent Decree, which in turn includes the so-called “Rule 9” which in turn stipulates that “all misdemeanor arrestees will have unsecured bail amounts set initially...
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D You never know what you’re going to get. One of the things cops like about the job is the variety. It may seem that the days are filled with traffic stops, theft reports, and resolving disputes, but an ordinary call...
By Steve Pomper Some time ago, I wrote about the Communist Chinese Party (CCP) establishing police departments abroad, including in the United States. The communists apparently use these agencies to intimidate and gain leverage against Chinese dissidents in America, sometimes threatening their relatives back in China. Who...
By Stephen Owsinski The mounting social media posts illustrating brazen shoplifting sprees in mostly bail reform jurisdictions continue to bloat the airwaves, underscoring how corrosive a particular political party is regarding its so-called people’s representatives gifting evildoers. These elected officials have outrageously paved the way for sticky-fingered...
Guest editorial by Bill Partridge, a 35 year veteran of law enforcement, who is the Chief of Police and Director of Public Safety for the City of Oxford, Alabama. In recent years, law enforcement agencies have witnessed a gradual decline in the perceived authority and command...
