I wrote about what I consider police Officer Adley Shepherd’s wrongful termination in my book, “De-Policing America: A Street Cop’s View of the Anti-Police State.” Rather than writing about the …
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Police Objectivity Must Allow for Subjectivity
by Steve Pomperby Steve PomperThere are community activists and groups who feel police officers should be strictly objective when doing their jobs. Cops should not consider certain aspects of an individual’s appearance and manner …
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Left Turning Sinners into Saints is Going Too Far
by Steve Pomperby Steve PomperNo one cringes more than police officers after hearing about a “bad” officer-involved shooting (OIS). And, by bad I mean an officer shooting someone without good faith and with malice—a …
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FTOs Prefer Having to Pull Student Officers Back Rather Than Having to Push Them Forward
by Steve Pomperby Steve PomperThere is a tenet my police department’s field training officers (FTO) had when I was a trainee and when I was a trainer: It’s better to have to pull a …
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To Do or Not To Do — That is the Left’s Answer
by Steve Pomperby Steve PomperI’ve been warning that the political left will expect to use cops to do their social justice dirty work, as they continue to create and implement their socialistic laws and …
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The Vegas OIS: The Risk-Reward of Letting Bad Guys Get Away
by Steve Pomperby Steve PomperWith jaw agape, I watched the astonishing body-cam video of 43-year-old Las Vegas police officer William Umana shooting through his patrol car windshield at suspects Fidel Miranda, 22, and Rene …
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Schadenfreude: Seattle’s Tax on Jobs Comes to a Head, and it’s Priceless
by Steve Pomperby Steve PomperTucked up in the Great Pacific Northwest is a city that began its history known for its rugged loggers, intrepid fisherman, and enterprising pioneers. The people who established and then …
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Compliments and Complaints – Police Accountability is a Two-Way Street
by Steve Pomperby Steve PomperIf you ever wonder about what political administrations do to undermine their police officers, look no further than the Twitter account of the Seattle Office of Police Accountability (OPA). There, …
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At a Crossroads – Rule of Law to the Right, Two-Tiered Justice System to the Left
by Steve Pomperby Steve PomperThe moral and ethical authority of the FBI is critical to all other law enforcement in America. What happens if the greatest investigative agency on the planet loses its moral …