by Guest Author | Jul 18, 2023 | Articles, Opinion, Politics
Many Americans are shocked by proposals to reduce police protection while opioid deaths skyrocket, borders are flung wide, and urban businesses are trashed and ransacked on national TV as political protests. Yet increasingly public safety servants are not...
by Kelli Ballard | Oct 10, 2021 | Articles, Crime & Punishment, Good Reads, Opinion
A shortage is sweeping across the nation, and we aren’t just talking about toilet paper. As consumers struggle to make sure they have enough cleaning and bathroom products, a crisis of another kind is going on seemingly behind closed doors: a police shortage. Sure,...
by James Fite | Feb 16, 2021 | Articles, Law
Remember all that talk of defunding the police after the George Floyd incident? As it turns out, giving police less resources doesn’t improve their performance. In Minneapolis, this was made painfully clear after the city council voted 12-0 to begin the process of...
by Pennel Bird | Jun 15, 2020 | Articles, Law, Politics, Race, The Left
The radical new demand from the left to “defund the police” could become a moot point, given the increasing difficulty police departments are having in recruiting and retaining officers. Just within the past few days, at least seven police officers in...
by Tim Donner | Jun 11, 2020 | Articles, Crime & Punishment, Politics, Social Issues
Maybe for the criminals, this feels like it did for Henry Fonda when he finally won an Oscar after 43 years of excellence on the big screen. Or like Red Sox fans after double that time – 86 years – when the Curse of the Bambino was finally lifted with a World Series...