With the exception of Federal, State and County agencies, Law enforcement exists with the permission of the community they serve and they deserve to be assured that the agency and individual officers are held accountable for their actions. Any death in an interaction with police is definitely real news as long as long as the […]

Attorney General Sessions just recently announced that Consent Decrees with police departments will be dissolved. That means that police departments like Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, Baltimore, and Albuquerque will no longer be required to pay ninety thousand dollars per year to a Federal Monitor. The Monitor is a political appointee by the Federal Judge assigned to […]

The suspension of the three Chicago Aviation Police officers who responded to a call from United Airlines demonstrates the politics of policing today. The videos have caused a firestorm and attacks on police conduct. The incident, which occurred in Chicago, were posted on You-Tube and picked up by news outlets worldwide. The airline staff called […]

Pepsico, the owner of Pepsi products produced a commercial which has created a firestorm on social media. The commercial is reminiscent of the renowned Coca Cola commercial featuring “I would like to teach the word to sing…” That commercial has been repeated for more than twenty years. The last fifteen seconds of the commercial has […]

It is said that the worst four words someone can hear is “Sixty Minutes is outside.” But in an unprecedented move, an officer awaiting trial made the questionable decision to appear on the show and tell her story. Officer Betty Shelby, a ten year veteran of the Tulsa Police Department, shot and killed Terrance Crutcher […]

People gain their understanding of law enforcement from news outlets and prime time network television. The job of local and national news is to inform while network television entertains. The writers of both the news and entertainment have the ability to distort the final product to reflect their own ideological viewpoints without challenge. The issue […]