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Paperwork is crucial, but there’s a reason they call it a necessary evil – it takes too much time and can keep us away from one of our most important tasks
Gangs are using UAVs to collect information on LE activity, disrupt police operations and smuggle drugs
A new adjustable design means you can outfit any officer in your department without having to purchase a specific size for each individual
35-year-old Stephen Crow repeatedly called the Buckeye Police Department referring to Sheriff Joe Arpaio as a racist and Hitler
Chief Don Quinn was struck in the elbow after the suspect shot himself in the head
Officer Jared MacDonald’s relatives released a statement Friday saying he’s doing well and asking for privacy
SWAT officer was shot twice Friday while serving a warrant for a fraud case
Agent, who was previously arrested for a domestic violence incident, is accused of shooting a man in the head and attempting to shoot his wife Tuesday
An emergency text notice of a shooting at the University of South Carolina led to locked and barricaded doors, but didn’t stop classes
36-year-old Johnny Joseph Martinez confronted officers – threatening them with a chair and multiple knives as police attempted to take him into custody
Woman had pointed a gun at store security guards and then tried to carjack at least three people at gunpoint before turning her revolver on officers
The car was shot at several times, but only one bullet struck the vehicle
Suspects in a shooting outside a basketball game were still at large Thursday, and police said they haven’t ruled out any motives
Coast Guard member shot two colleagues at a condo complex Thursday, lit a car on fire to hamper police, planted fake bombs and then opened fire on cops
Bullet embeds itself into a new round projectile the size of a ping pong ball
A man charged with killing two Calif. sheriff’s deputies stunned a courtroom by blurting out that he committed the crimes and is ready to be executed
Officer Dennis Jordan said he lost his best friend in the matter of a few minutes
Attorneys for 52-year-old Donald Newbury are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to halt his Wednesday evening lethal injection
Man who was shot and killed after opening fire on a police helicopter has been identified as a former CHP officer
19-year veteran Officer Scott Patrick was shot to death July 30
Officers fired shots at the vehicle in an attempt to stop an armed robbery suspect who escaped from a Tenn. mental-health facility in January
Officers were trying to arrest man for violating the terms of his release on a burglary charge when he ran away, tripped and a shot fired from his gun
Stephon Carter took a plea deal and avoided the death penalty in the 2011 slaying of Officer Scotty Richardson
Man fired on firefighters and law enforcement before killing himself
An officer was shot in a gunfire exchange with a suspect early Monday while investigating a home invasion
Now that some elements of our society have “declared war” on American police, we must quit simply talking about the ambush threat and train specific tactics and responses
The premise that there is a systemic racial problem in American law enforcement is simply unfounded and without merit
Police released video of the 2012 traffic stop shooting of an officer after the gunman received a 40-year prison sentence Thursday
Sentenced Friday to six months in jail for pointing a rifle at a sheriff’s deputy he mistook for a drug smuggler
17-year-old who was fatally shot Monday while driving a stolen car was accused in a separate incident of eluding an officer and resisting arrest 3 weeks prior
Shotgun used by a man who was killed in a confrontation with police outside a City Hall meeting was illegally channeled to him by a straw buyer
24-year-old Ruhim Ullah was shot in the leg after waving an 18-inch machete at police in the 2010 confrontation
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