Photo: Officer Melissa Ayun, who recruits for Tucson Police Department, speaks at the department’s booth at the Kidz Expo Back to School Police departments across the country are hemorrhaging officers faster than recruiters can find qualified applicants. Seattle has lost more than a quarter of its police force in the past 2.5 years. The Fairfax
Voters in western Michigan voted to defund their local public library, upset by the presence of LGBT-themed books on the shelves in the children and young adult sections. The unusual move is part of a national debate between parents and public officials over where to draw the line on sexually-explicit content and discussions of sexuality
“Character is not only doing the right thing when no one is looking, it’s doing the right thing when everyone is looking. It’s being willing to do the right thing even when it costs more than you want to pay.” – Michael Josephson In 1974, when we were sworn in as police officers we took
[Disclaimer: The views expressed in opinion pieces on the PrescotteNews website are solely those of the authors. These opinions do not necessarily represent those of the staff of Prescott eNews or its publisher.] There has probably never been a time when the media and the public — especially blacks — have been more hostile to
In the wake of the multiple murders in Atlanta on March 16, Charles Fain Lehman, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, testified before the House Judiciary Committee on “Discrimination and Violence Against Asian Americans.” His prepared testimony is excerpted below: Thank you to the committee for the invitation to speak today about
A years-old movement to reform police departments, which reentered the national debate last spring when a Minneapolis police officer dug his knee into George Floyd’s back until he couldn’t breathe, has taken root in Arizona. “No justice, no peace, defund the police!” The chant is a nationwide call to action, voiced by millions at protests,
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