From controversial trials to the monstrous surge in body cameras, 2014 was chock-full of lessons and memorable moments for law enforcement nationwide. Take a look back at some of the year's most heroic saves and other memorable incidents through the eyes of the officers who overcame them firsthand. Our expert columnists do some of their own reflecting on the year in the features below.
As anti-cop zealots called for attacks on police officers on the Internet, on the streets, and even in some political quarters, there were too many tragic incidents in which officers were killed in ambush attacks
If you are one of the many officers who have used these your tools and training to save a life in 2014, please consider yourself one of the many Knights of Christmas
The 2014 calendar brought us five significant cases which impact officers’ understanding of Fourth Amendment limits, both in its extension and restrictions
A cop may use lethal force when he or she “reasonably believes that the action is in defense of human life, including the officer's own life” and in the Ferguson incident, that’s precisely what happened