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A highly mobile killer went on a 60-mile, 12-hour spree that ended with 18 killed, including an RCMP constable
Face coverings present unique challenges for law enforcement that involve varying laws, public concern, health issues and officer safety
The Indianapolis police chief says gunfire that struck one of the department’s district offices may have been in response to a recent crackdown on drugs
The officers’ lawyer says Joseph Mann yelled and confronted the officers with a knife before he was fatally shot
Two police officers shot and killed a machete-wielding suspect after the man refused to drop his weapon
Police say the death of the officer is the first on-duty death of a St. Louis County officer since October 2000
Gregory Paul Lawler fatally shot Atlanta Officer John Sowa and critically injured Officer Patricia Cocciolone during a 1997 house call
Sgt. Steve Owen died at a hospital, hours after he was shot while responding to a report of a burglary in an LA neighborhood
Republican Indiana Governor Mike Pence and Democratic Virginia Senator Tim Kaine battled it out for 90 minutes in the only vice presidential debate of the 2016 election season
The “Patriots Day” trailer gives audiences a glimpse into the world of police officers who responded to the bombing
Louis Hayes believes that much of the mindset that there is a war on cops is rooted in police training that focuses heavily on worst-case scenarios
The assailant stabbed one officer in the neck, another in the abdomen, and broke the nose of a third officer, who was the one who shot the suspect
Despite a decline in major crime, the city has experienced 995 assaults on officers so far this year
A judge ruled that Gary Sancegrow was incompetent to stand trial “in the foreseeable future” and has confined him to Fulton State Hospital
LAPD Police Chief Charlie Beck said the officers involved in the recent fatal shootings had replica or real guns pointed at them before they fired their guns
A judge sentenced Andrew Romero to life in prison without parole for the fatal shooting of Rio Rancho Officer Gregg Benner
Before being fatally wounded, Jeffrey Clair Cave shot two officers, seriously wounding one who is currently in serious stable condition
Clinton called for more police training in an effort to restore trust along with legislation to end what she called “the gun epidemic”
Officers were searching for a car taken in a carjacking when they tried to talk to a teen suspect on the street and he opened fire
The brother of Reginald Thomas called 911 and said Thomas had a knife and was holding it under his armpit, but had not threatened those in the apartment with it
Harris County Deputy Roxyann Allee was killed Sept. 30, 1991, after being abducted from the parking lot of a local mall
Ruben Salazar was sentenced to 30 years for shooting at Lubbock police officers who were investigating him for armed robbery
Under a new bill, law enforcement officers must lock up their guns left in unattended vehicles or face fines of $1,000
“In Context” delves deeply into the open source materials on 153 incidents in which an unarmed civilian died in the encounter
Officer Ken Zink was killed after he was thrown from his motorcycle after colliding with a car
The deputy’s neck, ribs, pelvis, legs, nose and other facial bones were broken in the incident
Douglas County Sheriff Phil Miller said one of the bullets landed in a bed inside the home
