Tag: Betsy Brantner Smith

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Lowered hiring standards at the Memphis Police Department, as well as Chief Cerelyn Davis’ checkered background are getting discussed in the aftermath of five officers getting fired ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Memphis Police Department released three bodycam videos and a pole camera video related to the Jan. 7 incident that preceded the death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols. ...

The NPA’s own Sgt. Betsy Brantner Smith (Ret.) recently noted on Twitter, “Perhaps it’s time for teachers…like cops, firefighters and military recruits…to successfully pass a psychological test before they are hired.” ...

Does it seem like a police officer gets shot everyday? Well, it's not your imagination. While the institution of law enforcement continues to get verbally sniped by anti-police sentiment, somewhere ...

INDIANAPOLIS - The National Police Association (NPA) announced today that it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) & Customs and ...

Our nation has endured turbulence throughout its relatively short history. Two world wars, a civil war, a Revolution, the 9/11 terror attacks, a stock market crash, civil unrest, crime surges. ...

INDIANAPOLIS - A new national telephone and online survey taken by Rasmussen Reports, sponsored by the National Police Association, finds that a majority of U.S. voters support new laws allowing ...

SEATTLE -- About 200 Seattle police officers have declined to get the COVID-19 shot by Monday's deadline. The revolt is likely to bring litigation against the city -- already hurting ...

Law enforcement officers encounter perilous circumstances that become more dangerous when people fail to comply with officer commands. The trend with many combative individuals has become “fight now and sue ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- The National Police Association (NPA) is putting pressure on the Minneapolis City Council, arguing residents living near George Floyd Square have suffered alone for months under an "autonomous zone," as already ...