By Steve Pomper I wasn’t there (and, most likely, neither were you), but I know what I saw on the video and read about the incident from media and at the Stockton (CA) P.D. Facebook page. And though my assessment will always have a law enforcement tinge...
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D Little Riley Cottongim faced his first day of kindergarten without his father, Zachary Cottongim. An officer with the Louisville, KY police department, Cottongim was investigating an abandoned vehicle on Interstate 64 in December of 2021 when he was struck...
By Stephen Owsinski Given all the grief we have seen with so-called prosecutors handing out antithetical liberties to law violators who victimize innocents, it is refreshing and reassuring to know prosecutors in law-and-order jurisdictions stand with victims, partner with law enforcement, and prosecute cases built by...
By Doug Wyllie A set of three ‘screen grabs’ from security camera footage showing a stolen vehicle vaulting over a 50-foot cliff in San Francisco’s Castro District. At left, three young women are seen casually sauntering into the crosswalk, at center is the car flying...
By Steve Pomper Las Vegas Metropolitan police officer with mother and child I’m not gonna lie. I get warm and fuzzy when I hear about cops coming to the rescue—especially for kids. On the job, I felt a sense of pride when I saw people—well, victims, anyway—relax or...
By Stephen Owsinski Law enforcement officers everywhere know they have chosen a profession that could end their existence at any moment. Despite this omen, they forge on with that ominous cloud hovering wherever their duty boots step, which is heroic momentum. With that, casualties are tolled...
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D Dealing with a suicidal person is one of the most challenging jobs facing police officers. Even though many agencies are trying to relieve law enforcement from mental health calls, the frequently dangerous circumstances of these calls put police on...
By Steve Pomper Several recent stories about criminality in Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco, demonstrate the mind-numbing belligerent ignorance of their political officials. Whether it’s ignorance or a willful radical leftist ideology is up for grabs. But, giving the benefit of the doubt, the ignorance is belligerent...
By Doug Wyllie Like other “soft-on-crime” DAs Kim Foxx, Larry Krasner, and George Gascón backed by liberal-billionaire-mega-donor George Soros, Travis County District Attorney José Garza is a sheep in wolves clothes, more interested in virtue signaling and political pandering than protecting the very weird denizens...
By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D On July 21st of this year Eastland County, Texas, Sheriff’s Office Deputy Sheriff David Bosecker, a 21-year law enforcement veteran, was shot and killed while responding to a domestic violence call. As he arrived on the scene a male...
