By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D When seconds count, help is minutes away. That’s the old saying about the reality that everyone is their own first responder. The recent deadly hurricane seasons show that we could amend that cliche to say hours or even days away. This...
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D When a patient goes to a doctor or dentist appointment, it is unlikely that the first person they see the doctor. They may not see a doctor at all. There are layers of helpers that do the important but non-emergency...
By Stephen Owsinski Bandied a lot lately is the cynical statement “No one is coming to save you!” Those words are largely directed at the federal government and the current administration’s admission that the FEMA bank is broke, allegedly due to pouring billions into the illegal...
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D In September of 2024, Colorado State Patrol Corporal Tye Simcox engaged in a brief shootout with a suspect along U.S. Highway 36 in the Denver suburb of Westminster along the major route to Boulder. Simcox was parked in the center...
By Stephen Owsinski Before, during, and after Hurricane Helene barreled through several southeastern states, flattening and flooding many towns and cities, leaving apocalyptic remnants in her wake and lives unaccounted for, police search-and-rescue task forces mobilized and trudged through the muck and utter devastation. Despite their senses...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Photo: (Gage Skidmore, CC 3.0 Wikimedia) On the heels of a recent NPA story regarding the cop-hating, Soros-funded Travis County prosecutor José Garza comes yet another allegation of corruption. This isn’t piling on; it’s just following up—but not without a bit...
By Stephen Owsinski No matter where you are geographically located in America, you likely learned about Hurricane Helene, the daunting devastation, and the waves of first responders who braved the life-threatening elements to roll out rescue operations—as always. In my Tampa Bay county, Emergency Operations Center managers...
Bringing awareness to missing Kansas City teenager Shelby McDaniel Promotional appearance at Kansas Menards the day before the race Police officer Rita Goulet driver of the #31 Rise Motorsports team co-owners Rita and Tim Goulet Fox Sports 1 coverage...
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 2, 2024 — The National Police Association announced today it has awarded the Hudson, WI Police Department’s Explorer Program a $1000.00 grant. Law Enforcement Exploring is a hands-on career exploration program for young men and women between the ages of 14-21 looking to...
By Steve Pomper Massachusetts State House, Boston, Mass. State Police cruiser Photo: (Ajay Suresh, CC 3.0, Wikimedia) This article stems from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’s latest round of controversial gun law legislation, but it’s not about the new law itself. I’m not addressing what the new gun law...
