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Policing may never have been more stressful for officers than right now
The personal risks and magnitude of suffering with the pandemic are something no one should have to face alone
Police officers need to be able to apply the right combination of tactics to maintain or restore peace and personally survive while doing it
Days before the ambush, the suspect sent a note to a PD apologizing for prior run-ins, saying his “dark days” were over and police are “absolute heroes”
A new study authored by the Crime Prevention Research Center digs deep into the data during a period that ‘bookends’ the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson
Council members introduced the legislation after a 14-year-old holding a BB gun was shot by a police detective in April
For police officers, Thanksgiving can be a pretty busy time
Nicholas Tullier, who was critically wounded in the July Baton Rouge ambush, was transferred to a rehabilitation hospital in Texas
The gun was impounded for evidence, so a gun company provided the man with a new one
The driver lost control of the vehicle and crashed
The suspect attempted to crush the officer against the cement median
The officer attempted to cross a set of railroad tracks in his vehicle and was struck
The deputy’s injuries are not life-threatening and he is in stable condition
Deputy Sheriff Justin White died Tuesday from injuries he suffered in a single-car crash
Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson was in the area on his way press briefing when he and other officers spotted a sedan that had been carjacked and pursued the car
The handgun used to wound an Anchorage police officer last weekend has been linked to five previously unsolved homicides this year
The bystander had a CCW permit and told the suspect he’d shoot if he didn’t stop beating the deputy
Many “ordinary” citizens who populate this great nation have an inherent willingness to step in to a dangerous confrontation to save a cop’s life
All of the victims were stabbed at least once and were being treated for their injuries at local hospitals
The trio of Reno officers said Arthur Richardson Jr. pointed his gun at them while he suggested he wanted them to kill him
Pulled over by police, the driver — identified by police as Davon Lymon — repeatedly ignored officer Daniel Webster’s commands to put his hands up
Kevin Hogrefe was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for killing Deputy Yevhen “Eugene” Kostiuchenko in 2014
Lawyers said retired Detective Keith Sandy rejected the offer to plead guilty because the deadly shooting was justified and he did not commit a crime
Dealing with a belligerent subject who is passively resisting is a simple problem, but in no way easy
In June 1994, a mentally unstable former airman killed five people and injured 22 others, and a reckless B-52 pilot took three other airmen with him when he crashed during air show practice
Bystanders, including a military veteran, stepped in after they saw two deputies being beaten with one of their own batons
Approximately $900 from the state was granted to help pay for body armor for the Pennington Borough Police Department
An unnamed police officer shot in his patrol car in downtown Anchorage this weekend was in stable condition
The officers were not hit and did not return fire
The memo states officers shall wait for backup “before physically approaching any involved subject(s),” unless someone is in imminent danger
Deputy Dennis Wallace, a 20-year department veteran, was shot twice in the head after calling dispatch about a suspicious car and person