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By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D Yes that magical time of the smell of refreshing rains, the chirping of birds returning to the budding trees, and tender flowers pushing their way...

By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D The Utopian idealists who parade folly as compassion want us to believe that everyone is good at their core. Any behavior defined as criminal is...

By Steve Pomper My basic understanding, if somewhat simplified, of the federal-state balance regarding the U.S. Constitution’s supremacy clause is states can pass laws to provide more but not less protection than the federal...

By Stephen Owsinski Recent political winds of change billboarded sentiments about public safety by ousting elected figures who touted fallacies that America’s policing institution is problematic, must be stripped of funding,...

By Stephen Owsinski We’ve seen what happens when a metropolis municipality lowers its hiring standards to fill vacant slots of police officers. In Memphis, Mr. Tyre Nichols, 29, perished at the hands...

By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D America’s law enforcement field training officers (FTO) are among the most important components of professionalism in policing. One could reasonably argue that the FTO exceeds...

By Doug Wyllie On February 18, 2023, Janae Edmondson—a standout 17-year-old high school volleyball player who had a promising collegiate career ahead of her in Tennessee—was visiting St. Louis (MO) to...

By Stephen Owsinski The dangers of police work are among the most palpable things on the planet, but it is not always bad actors who propagate that fact. Sometimes flukes and...

By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D As a regular writer on police matters, I am in the crosshairs of many critics. Reactions to any pro-police piece on social media range from...

By Steve Pomper LINCOLN, Neb. - In this era of snowflakes and their enablers, cops are still showing they must handle the most harrowing of emergencies, and then, while many occupations...