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After Detective Rob Davis was shot while responding to a domestic violence call, he recovered physically, but his mental recovery was not as easy
Although we do a lot of things right in the law enforcement profession, we don’t do a good job of ensuring our history is passed along from one generation to the next
Officers must make life and death decisions and conduct investigations into criminal acts much like physicians investigate what’s ailing a patient
Police arrested a 31-year-old Kansas City, Kan. man Sunday morning suspected of shooting a Pleasant Valley, Mo. officer in the face late Saturday
Baltimore police officer was in stable condition Monday morning after being shot during a traffic stop
Officer was killed Sunday in a two-vehicle accident while pursuing a third vehicle
Man killed 6 people and seriously wounded another in 3 different homes and remained at large hours after the shootings
The manhunt for the shooting suspect is ongoing
While standing behind the officer, CHP officials also revealed they have created phony Twitter accounts and dressed like demonstrators to do surveillance
Robbery suspect was killed Sunday after pulling a gun on officers during an arrest attempt
Three Chicago police officers were seriously hurt when their marked squad car was hit by another car Wednesday
Two police officers were shot in a gun battle Friday morning after police responded to a report of a home invasion
Man faces charges of assaulting two NYPD officers Thursday during protests over the grand jury decision on Eric Garner
Police used armored trucks to surround the vehicle on an elevated overpass in a dramatic arrest after 3 days of search efforts
Several websites for the city of Oakland were knocked out in a likely cyberattack
Lawyers sought a temporary restraining order on Missouri police, who they say have unnecessarily intimidated demonstrators
Dash cam video has been released capturing a Texas officer getting shot in a drive-by while conducting an unrelated traffic stop
From trends to tragedy, the following slideshow captures a year in police headlines
Officials say a fan was “belligerent” and assaulted officers prior to encounter captured on video
Man with a history of mental illness slipped into the headquarters of a major Jewish organization and stabbed an Israeli student in the head
Hundreds marched through the streets for a fourth straight night, blocking traffic on a highway and delaying train services
Dash cam has been released of the fatal November 15 shooting of an armed man wanted in the stabbing death of a university student
It’s Parenting 101, but many individuals are not educating their kids about the peril they put themselves in when wandering about town with replica firearms
How can we legitimize any specific training if we cannot support its effectiveness with evidence of success?
Veteran dispatchers failed to inform first responders that gunman had threatened to shoot police if they came to his residence in prior incident
Utah man charged with killing two deputies during an hourslong rampage that also left a motorist and another deputy wounded
A convicted con man who tried to pass himself off as an FBI agent to get perks in the North Dakota oil patch will plead guilty to an illegal weapons charge
Emotionally disturbed man who refused to drop his knife after stabbing an Israeli student in the head was shot and killed by an officer
21-year-old man was ordered to serve 25 years in prison for shooting at police after he ran from a state trooper in 2013
Hundreds brought traffic on Interstate 80 to a standstill and another group forced an Amtrak train to stop
Passenger accused of stabbing 4 on an Amtrak train told police he began the attack after seeing another man turn into a demon
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