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While there is great value to lecture-based training, it can’t be a street cop’s training endgame
Police officers can perform more effectively by learning to regulate the stress response and cue the brain and body at critical times of performance
Rigid, high-stress police academies may be counterproductive; we need to focus more on the why and less on the how
Gangs from coast to coast have toned down their use of colors and are even altering tattoos to avoid being identified by police and witnesses
Demands for police to wear the cameras have increased across the country since a police shooting triggered raging street protests in Ferguson
The Saratoga Springs Police Department is under fire over the fatal shooting of the man last Wednesday
He faces charges of battery on a police officer, battery on a firefighter and resisting law enforcement
Authorities say an officer in Washington state who had been shot in the leg by a suspect got back into his patrol car and pursued the fleeing man
Pa. police fanned out across dense woods Tuesday as they tracked a heavily armed survivalist suspected of ambushing two troopers
Incident began when police responded to reports of a disturbance in the area, including property damage and threats of a shooting
Whether you’re a motor cop or you ride for fun off-duty, you need to stay extra vigilant on two wheels
Two of the suspected robbers and a hostage, 41-year-old customer Misty Holt-Singh, were killed during an exchange of gunfire with police after the robbery
The greatest factor affecting an officer’s ability to deal with an attack launched from a seated position is the distance away from the suspect — not the position itself
Governor called killing an assassination and said investigators won’t rest until they capture the gunman
Deputy Jeff Wilson and Deputy Michael Norris responded to the call of an armed man attempting suicide when they exchanged gunfire with the suspect
With the deadly ambush on a state police barracks, law enforcement is on high alert in a massive search for the shooter or shooters
Experts know of no swatting victim who has been killed or seriously injured by responding officers — but the threat is real
An officer was shot during the search for a suspect in an apartment late Thursday
A man who was shot to death in a gun battle with pursuing officers was a suspect in several ongoing homicide cases
Police found two partially assembled AK-47 assault rifles with orange plastic tips on their barrels, making the weapons look like toy guns
Planned shutdown fell through Wednesday as a wall of police in riot gear kept people who planned to protest the shooting from walking onto Interstate 70
Deputy was wearing body armor but not the right type to stop a spray of bullets from an AK-47 fired from behind an apartment door
18-year veteran officer was hit in his vest after approaching two suspects parked in a vehicle
“Given the events in Ferguson and the skepticism that’s been directed at law enforcement, we have to take steps to ensure the public trust”
Officer Gabriel Garcia began breathing on his own late last week after being in a medically induced coma
Murder suspect seeking ‘suicide by cop’ led officers on a foot pursuit that ended in a standoff in the waters of Lake Erie
Vehicle slammed into the office and the driver fired at least four shots at the building
A spray of bullets fired from behind a closed apartment door killed a deputy and wounded another Monday night
Officials have called on Congress to reauthorize federal legislation to compensate first responders who became ill working at ground zero
The officer was carried about 50 yards before he was thrown from the vehicle as the man fled the scene
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