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Do you don your armor even when it’s hot and muggy outside? How about when you’re running late?
The program is designed to prevent or lessen the effects of PTSD before it surfaces, and help identify the disorder even if it is hiding or lying dormant
The public needs to understand the benefit of having armed off-duty and qualified retired LEOs around whenever possible
Until now, the Sheriff’s Department has not used in-car cameras or body cameras
Officials said the fire was apparently electrical and no foul play was suspected
Sheriff’s officials in Goshen County are touting a grenade launcher as a useful tool for keeping the peace, even though they have never used it
A police official said authorities believe they are hot on suspected cop killer’s trail
After the agent entered the parked vehicle and inspected the drugs, the suspects brandished an AK-47 and a pistol
An armed man surrendered Saturday night following an 18-hour standoff on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation
Authorities said Sunday they believe they are hot on the suspected cop killer’s trail
An officer was killed and eight other officers were injured after a police van crashed Sunday
A four-hour standoff between a suicidal man and police in Texas was documented online through an anonymous sharing app
Sgt. Mike Batchik and Captain Dave Brown responded to the scene of two vehicles on fire in a grocery store parking lot Monday
Officer radioed for help, but because it came at the same moment of the Travis County deputy rescue effort, there was some difficulty
Police arrested 29-year-old Charles Smith on outstanding warrants Thursday and placed him, handcuffed, in the back of a cruiser
The vehicle collided with another car and then slammed into the eatery Friday
On day 7 of a manhunt for a survivalist suspected of killing a trooper, scores of police were trying to flush him out of dense woodland
Divers found the body of a missing Central Texas sheriff’s deputy Friday, a day after her patrol car was found swamped by floodwaters
Cell phone video captured a scene of mayhem as police in New York attempted to break up a large fight between dozens of youths
Woman died Sunday as a result of a brutal attack at the hands of her husband in January
Searchers are trying to find a deputy who has been missing since she reported her patrol vehicle was swamped
37-year-old Christopher Mitchell came out of a residence with a .22-caliber gun to his head as officers formed a perimeter
Suspect belonged to a military simulation unit whose members play the role of soldiers from Cold War-era eastern Europe
A woman is dead and a police officer has been seriously injured after she slammed into his patrol car Wednesday morning
13-year-old stole his parents’ car, ran over an officer’s leg and rammed three patrol cars before being struck with a TASER and arrested
If you don’t have pressure in your training program, you are at risk of failure on the street
These physical factors don’t have much influence on practical handgun shooting — they matter more with rifle distances of 100 yards and more, and they’re critical with really long-range targets
Officer drove his cruiser to the front of traffic to protect other drivers. It was then that the suspect closed in, and he prepared for impact
A gunman who was persuaded to surrender during a 2013 gun battle with police at a school near Atlanta pleaded guilty to multiple charges Tuesday
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