Officer Safety
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The LEO Near Miss officer safety initiative offers valuable reminders and lessons learned
Six tips for academy cadets and new hires to make sure they get out of bed and arrive on time to class and work
Multiple roadway LODDs in early 2020 are tragic reminders of the importance of time, distance and shielding to reduce hot zone risk
According to the National Police Dog Foundation, the average age to retire a dog is 10 years old
Is it possible in our quest to make officers safer we’ve compromised their ability to make sound decisions during crucial moments?
The sheriff tweeted the ‘war on cops continues’
The DA released police footage to help bridge transparency in the community
Danny Ledezma Martinez shot Officer Travis Murphy to death in 2010
Officer Michael Johnson was a 14-year veteran and the 12th officer killed in the line of duty in the department’s history
The councilman is a former officer himself and said he’d be dead if he took Fiore’s advice to fire back at cops
Vincent Smith suffered major injuries to his upper body
The manhunt for the shooter is ongoing
The attack was the deadliest in the heavily policed capital since November
The family’s lawsuit claims it was ‘reasonably foreseeable’ that the deadly confrontation would occur
These teams are inclusive, drawing on officers whose encounters with stressful situations have been successful
They had a hard time believing what they were seeing
The Wolfe sisters were found dead Feb. 7, 2014, after they didn’t show up for work
The document has been likened it to a ‘preliminary police report’
Deputy Sheriff Chad Tavenner was fired Tuesday for failing to follow proper protocol
A bystander’s cellphone footage shows officers telling the man to drop his weapon and raise his hands
While seemingly modest, the proposals came under fire from some police groups and gun rights organizations
The officer was struck in the leg when a colleague fired
The man told the officer to shoot him and the officer replied he didn’t want to
Firefighters found the two officers unconscious
Here’s what sparked angry responses from our Facebook audience this week
The officer in the patrol car became trapped
The suspect fired at the officers, striking one in the chest
After the suspect’s family viewed footage of the shooting, they were convinced the officers’ actions were justified
She handled about 30K cases during her career
The officer did not realize the wanted man had a long criminal history when he pulled over to talk to him.
Trump supporters are furious over the commissioner’s tweet that mocked them
Investigators discovered 82 shell casings from an AR-15, 17 from a .45 caliber handgun, and one from a 9 mm pistol
Officer Jesse Hartnett’s left arm was shattered by gunfire when the gunman attacked him
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