Steve Pomper is an OpsLens contributor, a retired Seattle police officer, and the author of four non-fiction books, including De-Policing America: A Street Cop’s View of the Anti-Police State. You can read a review of this new book in Front Page Magazine and listen to an interview with Steve on the Joe Pags Show. Steve was a field-training officer, on the East Precinct Community Police Team, and served his entire career on the streets. He has a BA in English Language and Literature. He enjoys spending time with his kids and grand-kids. He loves to ride his Harley, hike, and cycle with his wife, Jody, a retired firefighter. You can find out more about Steve and send him comments and questions at www.stevepomper.com.
How do you get liberal media to give positive coverage regarding owning, carrying, and shooting guns? When the gun owners are members of a leftist-qualified “victim” group. Crosscut.com recently published …
My wife and I joined an online neighborhood community group. It wasn’t through Facebook, so we thought it would be nice to hear politically-free neighborhood news. But, no… These days, …
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If Seattle’s elected leaders felt they were so in the right when they refused to comply with a state arbitrator’s ruling to rehire a fired officer, then why didn’t they …
I keep returning to the leftist political petri dish of Seattle as a microcosm of the negative forces damaging policing today. Obviously, one reason is because I served the city …
This story in The Seattle Times warms the cockles of my heart (not sure exactly what a cockle is, but this made them toasty). I warned that leftist sanctuary state …
My wife sent me a text about an offensive anti-cop post on a neighboring community’s Facebook page. So, I went to see for myself. Seems some lowlife posted a photograph …
You know how when someone says, “Have you heard what the left [or the euphemism or epithet of your choice] is doing now?” you wince. You don’t know whether to …
It’s terrible when rank-and-file party extremists perpetuate or resuscitate an irresponsible and malicious myth. But it’s appalling when so-called mainstream Democratic Party presidential candidates do this. Haven’t they gone too …
As if on cue, the Daily Wire is reporting an incident that shows why the right to keep and bear arms is so crucial. The story caught my attention for …
