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In this podcast segment, Jim and Doug discuss the various challenges facing police officers on the final night of October
Regularly conducting and using after-action reviews can help create and instill a culture of learning
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The now-deleted video was made back in 2002 and trained officers on the process of making meth
The footage was used to help cops catch a bad guy instead of catching cops doing something bad
He exchanged gunfire with at least one of the two robbers after one of them told the other to shoot the cop
Chief Chris Henson was expected to make a full recovery
Officer Matthew Kurtz was found dead inside his personal vehicle outside a movie theater
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Thousands of police officers from across the state and nation stood at attention for Trooper Thomas Clardy
Brian Encinia entered his plea Tuesday
The woman began screaming in the horse’s face to try and spook him
The video of the officer recalling his experience at a recent rally has gone viral
The Peaceful Streets Project regularly records Austin police on video but stepped up efforts during the music festival
The collision sent car parts flying into the air
The boy traversed highways, gravel and county roads and city streets
Det. Matt Kurtz was a nine-year veteran of the force
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration was investigating whether nitrogen overflow was a cause
The bill, dubbed the Blue Lives Matter Act of 2016, would expand the federal hate crime statute to include LEOs
The officer sustained several loose teeth, a fat lip and a bloody nose from the attack
Man came out of a house with a bat and hit the officer “multiple times in the upper body” before the officer fired at him
Former trooper killed a turnpike toll collector and a security guard at a toll plaza and then was shot dead by troopers while trying to escape
The shootout left another deputy and the suspect dead
The officer believes he shot one of the suspects who tried to rob him early Monday
The officer was treated and released from a hospital
Investigators were examining a black Dodge with a shattered window on its passenger side door
Your duty weapon can malfunction and will run out of ammo, so train and prepare for that moment – your life depends on it
At one point, the suspect put up his hands to surrender, then pulled up a gun and continued firing
Private funeral is scheduled next week for a plainclothes narcotics officer who was killed Sunday in a blue-on-blue
Investigators believe the local criminal justice system is being targeted
Officers opened fire at five suspects accused of holding up a furniture store, killing two and injuring two more
Officers claim restrictions placed on them prior to the event put them in unnecessary danger