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A state legislator plans to introduce a bill to change the legal standard for LE in California from using “objectively reasonable force” to “necessary force”
In the 1989 movie ‘Road House’ Patrick Swayze’s character gave what was arguably the best advice for police officers that ever came out of Hollywood
Officer remains in critical condition after undergoing a third surgery
Officer kept a teenager from being hit by a car as the youth walked along a suburban New York highway
Budget cuts are restricting ability to safely run the facility
George Pickering has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Earlier reports from authorities said Pickering did not have a gun
Officer shot and killed suspect after he began hitting the officer with a shovel
A gunman opened fire Saturday at three separate locations, killing a victim at each site
Father of a patient at a hospital who became distraught over his son’s condition surrendered without incident after about a four-hour standoff
Dash cam captured an officer’s split-second decision during his response to a 911 call about a group of teens carrying a gun
The law does not require police officers to utilize the absolute minimum force necessary in a threat situation — only that the level of force used be reasonable to control a deadly threat
Matthew Christian Cash was high on PCP when he slammed his vehicle into a cruiser and two other parked vehicles
Undercover detective was critically injured Friday after being shot by a fellow officer while conducting a narcotics operation
Gene Thomas Brandon, Jr., who has a history of mental illness, was delusional at the time of the attack
Attack, police spokesman said, is part of a larger trend nationally in the past year toward increased physical confrontations against police
Man sped from the scene after hitting the officer with his car but was later captured after causing a string of crashes
Sheriff’s deputy who authorities say a fellow deputy killed in a hotel was shot multiple times and had other injuries that appeared related to a fight
Todd William Shultz was shot 17 times outside of a Kmart in December 2012 after failing to drop a table knife and pair of scissors he was wielding
A Texas police officer shot in the face during a standoff Tuesday is recovering after undergoing jaw reconstruction surgery
Several officers were interviewing a suspect in a domestic violence incident when gunfire erupted
No officers were injured in the rampage
Standoff began after suspects made a phone call to police while inside a home “threatening law enforcement”
SWAT teams backed by helicopters tracked two heavily armed brothers with al-Qaida sympathies suspected in the newsroom massacre of a satirical French weekly
Bomb squad found containers of frozen urine in the vehicle of man who police say lunged at an officer with a knife and was fatally shot
Earlier Wednesday, one officer was released from the hospital
Man lunged at an airport police officer with a knife during a confrontation
Our goal in any tactical situation should be to posture ourselves in a way that maximizes our time to decide and act while dominating the situation in time and space
Officer Grant Morrison testified that he feared for his life when he fired the three shots that killed Richard Ramirez
Officer noticed suspect trying to put her vehicle into gear and reached into her window in an attempt to pull the keys out of the ignition
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