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SWAT officers face many challenges during a high-risk drug raid – here’s how trainers can set up a drug raid training drill to prepare for real-life situations
In any given year, roughly half of all police-involved shootings take place from or around vehicles – find out the steps agencies can take to harden vehicles to protect officers from attack
With the redesign of the popular less lethal tool, Axon has one primary goal – to give cops the confidence to de-escalate dangerous situations
On Saturday, Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Randall Smith, a reservist serving on active duty at the Chattanooga center, died, bringing the death toll to five
The man who was fatally shot by police had rammed his vehicle into an officer’s cruiser, then refused to drop knife
A jury convicted man of aggravated murder and recommended he be sentenced to death for the fatal shooting
Officer, and the others on the bar patio, refrain from using any force against the man
Gunman and two other men, believed to be passengers, were charged for ambush of a city police sergeant
Anthony Lord was taken into custody after police set up roadblocks
Raw video captured officers responding to the active shooter
His attorney said his client is ‘as much a victim as the police officer’
Suspects’ parents have filed excessive force complaints against officer
Officials said his death was an accident but wouldn’t give any details about how he died
Plans to sue his city over its handling of the other officer who was allegedly driving drunk at the time of the crash
A uniformed St. Louis police sergeant was ambushed in a hail of gunfire, saved by his body armor
Officials claim injuries man sustained were accidental
There are plenty of firefighters and EMS personnel willing to respond to these dangerous active shooter incidents when they know that they have the proper equipment, training, and police assistance
The St. Louis police chief credited the officer’s body armor with saving his life
A car sprayed an officer’s cruiser with bullets as he conducted a traffic stop
Las Vegas cop was injured after a traffic stop resulted in a shootout
An altercation caught on camera between a resident and courthouse security officers resulted in a lockdown and arrest
Failure to understand the first five of these use-of-force facts could cost you your job — failure to understand the sixth could cost you your life
Even though a Fresno prosecutor has ruled most officer-involved shootings justified, the civil lawsuits have exploded
One officer creates murals as peaceful protest
Police responding to call were ambushed by shooter
Departments across the U.S. that have spent years boasting about plummeting crime numbers are now scrambling to confront something many agencies have not seen in decades
The officer was shot days later after the bombing when Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was attempting to flee
After wrestling with officer during arrest, man was unresponsive and cause undetermined
New legislation limits cities’ ability to profit from traffic tickets and court fines
For the cops of my dad’s generation, witnessing today’s hostility, disrespect and general lack of public support for law enforcement is like taking a trip back in time
The order signed this week by New York’s governor obviously has the most immediate impact on law enforcers in that state, but it is a harbinger of what may happen in other states across the country
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