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How agencies can build morale to positively impact retention, job satisfaction and more.
“By eliminating exposed hardware and making it faster and easier to install, we also are helping agencies upgrade their motor pool without taking vehicles out of service for extended periods”
We must provide patrol officers with the knowledge, techniques and tactics to make building searches as safe as possible
A veteran cop describes the split-second decisions that go through a cop’s mind when faced with a man with a gun
The revelation comes after a sergeant was hospitalized Tuesday after coming in contact with a flyer
Police said the officer suffered minor injuries that required hospitalization
Body camera footage from officers responding to a shooting at a New Jersey all-night arts festival shows police telling people to go home shortly before shots rang out
Police said no injuries were reported
Officials said the sergeant started to feel light-headed after she came across the flyer on her windshield as she left work
The video is a part of the latest release of public records from the mass shooting
The lawsuit alleges that the officers fatally shot Dominique White, who was armed, without legal justification
Ballistic protection systems have evolved to address emerging threats and help agencies balance cost, comfort and safety
Officer Joshua Parker and his partner tried to contact two men before one of them fled with a firearm in his hand, according to police
Orlando Police Officer Kevin Valencia’s wife said that her husband has responded to hand squeezes and given a thumbs-up sign
Police said the man fired “highly explosive mortar-style” fireworks at officers and a police helicopter
Authorities said the suspect, Christian McCall, is responsible for the LEO being shot by another officer’s bullet because McCall started the gunfight
Trooper Ryan Seiple testified in court about the frantic efforts to save Cpl. Seth Kelly by cinching a tourniquet onto his thigh, where a bullet had severed his femoral artery
Two LEOs became seriously ill after being exposed to “an invisible or microscopic dust cloud of suspected fentanyl residue”
Authorities played along with the scheme and even faked the targeted officer’s death before arresting 47-year-old Mohamed Mohammed
Officials said the actress kicked an EMT while she was being placed onto a gurney and punched an officer who was trying to intervene in a family dispute
The woman was arrested after being caught on camera absconding with a gift basket donated in slain Yarmouth K-9 Sgt. Sean Gannon’s name to a silent auction
John Williams allegedly told police that he “eliminated” Cpl. Eugene Cole because he was mad at him for arresting his fiancee
Why you should never go on duty without a lifesaving BUG on your person
The Ninth Circuit continues to expect police officers to unreasonably expose themselves to extraordinary life-threatening situations
Police said the driver “opened the driver’s side door with one hand and kept his other hand concealed behind his back” after being pulled over
The driver charged in the hit-and-run that killed Officer Mathew Mazany was identified as Brian Anthony
Carlton Hipps and Ramone Williams were charged in the 2015 killing of Philadelphia police Sgt. Robert Wilson III
Police said on Monday that they arrested two men in connection to the crash that killed Officer Christopher Driver
The newest member of the Pensacola police department is being credited with saving the lives of several police officers and an armed suspect
Officials said police were investigating a crash when Timothy Deal, without provocation, stabbed an officer in the torso with a knife
More than 500 protesters took to Pittsburgh’s South Side Saturday night into Sunday morning to protest the OIS of Antwon Rose
One officer was in serious condition but was stable, while the other LEO was stable with less serious wounds
Police said one person was taken into custody in connection with the fatal hit-and-run
