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The complex, carefully coordinated attacks of 9/11 have been replaced with a new kind of violence that is significantly harder to detect
Courtesy of Bound Tree University and Bound Tree Medical
Over time, if occupational stress is not properly managed, officers may experience life-threatening consequences
The advocates’ actions in restaurants and other public places have prompted public criticism
The cadet and the trooper were at the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office shooting range when the incident occured
Online reports say Trooper Michael Trotta was listed in stable condition Monday morning
Woman who approached an officer from behind and used a knife to cut his throat has been acquitted by a jury of an attempted murder charge
Disorderly conduct charge was dropped and the assault charge was reduced to a misdemeanor under terms of a plea agreement for the 2010 incident
Officer was shot during a response to a domestic violence call in a home early Monday
14-year-old male driving the car had taken the vehicle from his grandfather
Police officers were issued a new training bulletin Friday, ordering them not to enter a building that’s on fire to rescue people inside
Most rookies are fit, but no police agency in the state requires they stay that way
Officers came to the hotel Friday evening to investigate a report that the 33-year-old singer had inappropriately touched a woman at the bar
Officer entered the car through the driver’s side door and tried to stop suspect, who then drove off with the officer still in the vehicle
Bay Area Rapid Transit Detective Michael Maes shot BART police Sgt. Tom Smith on Jan. 21 as the two searched an apartment
Almond Upton admitted to police that he deliberately swerved his pickup truck from the left passing lane to the right shoulder to hit Trooper Christopher Skinner
Officer K.J. Barefoot, 31, was taken to WakeMed Hospital in Raleigh for treatment of the leg wound and later released
A school resource officer mistakenly left his loaded pistol in a locked staff restroom at a school
Trooper Christopher G. Skinner was hit by the suspect while conducting a traffic stop Thursday
9-year-old girl’s foot was trapped under a rock
Agent Alexander Giannini died and a second agent was injured in a rollover accident Wednesday
Tiniko Thompson turned herself in to police Wednesday night and was charged with second-degree murder
Two Stockton police officers were seriously injured in a traffic collision while responding to assist in the arrest of a shooting suspect
Shootings has tragically exposed the limitations of involuntary-commitment laws that allow authorities to temporarily confine people
When a man struggling with 3 officers drew a gun, commissioner entered the fray, put his own gun to the man’s head, punched him and caused him to release his weapon
Officers have filed a federal civil rights complaint against city and federal officials, saying use-of-force polices restrict their rights to protect themselves
Police chased a suspect from rooftop to rooftop, used a TASER and eventually a K-9 to take a high-risk parolee at large into custody
Pittsburgh police are reviewing an incident in which they say an officer accidentally fired a gun while chasing a suspect
8 1/2-year veteran honored for her bravery in 2012 shooting
Man tried to back out of traffic stop — crashing into a patrol car and leading deputies on a pursuit before smashing into another patrol car
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