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(NPA): I can’t ignore any story about the DOJ inflicting another bogus consent decree on undeserving American cops. I understand what that feels like, as I was serving in the...

By Steve Pomper  I remember when department trainers began teaching officers about “Excited Delirium” (ED). We’d all seen it, but this training put a name to it. Regardless, officers are not...

By Steve Pomper  There is no doubt that law enforcement agencies across the nation are competing for a dwindling supply of qualified people who want to become cops. And while some agencies...

By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D A bank robber in Missouri decided to hit small-town banks rather than bigger ones with heftier security systems and plenty of law enforcement. One town...

By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D We are hearing more about response time amid the concern of police staffing shortages. The expectation of citizens that a call to 911 will immediately...

By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D It might be interesting to note that the first use of the phrase “border crisis” that I can find was in 2014 during the Obama...

By Steve Pomper  Well, what do you know? Here we are back in Seattle, my old coppin’ grounds. Though I try to spread the love (and venom—when it’s deserved) around when...

By Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D Presidential candidate Bill Clinton famously made his campaign strategy centered on the nation’s economy with his pithy motto “It’s the economy, stupid.” Clinton also made...

By Steve Pomper  In keeping with the NPA’s mission to educate the public about what cops do and why they do it, here’s yet another example of what not to do on a...

By Stephen Owsinski As the annual commemoration of fallen law enforcement officers is upon us, the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, DC, is typically followed by respective states holding...