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Vigilantes are criminals and should be prosecuted as such, but where do people like bounty hunters and neighborhood watchmen fit into the mix?
Your first mission is to ensure you are always aware of your surroundings – even when you are at your own house
Reveal Media builds on years of experience serving police worldwide with added features that support transparency, de-escalation and officer safety
Suspect held without bail on charges of shooting a Jacksonville officer in a gun battle that started during a traffic stop Wednesday
An NYPD detective was arrested and charged with driving under the influence after shooting his partner in the wrist
The legislation would include blood, urine, feces and other bodily fluids
Section Three: Accuracy with the Handgun
Man suspected of wounding an officer while shooting up a Los Angeles police station died Thursday at a hospital more than two weeks after the attack
Claim alleges the city “failed to properly hire, supervise, train, staff, and plan for the protection and safety of individuals and personnel”
The confrontation began as the suspect yelled at officers and questioned their arrest of another individual
The man fled to a car and then drove toward officers, who fired because they feared for their safety
A corrections officer taken hostage by three inmates at an Ohio county jail has been released unharmed
State police responded to a shooting in the lobby of the station and a suspect was shot
Search turned up a loaded North American Arms 22-caliber mini revolver inside the woman
Officer wanted to take his picture with the dog, so he knelt down with a camera phone and wrapped his arm around the dog’s neck
Pawnshop owner who sold the gun in a straw purchase has agreed to concessions that authorities hope will curb similar illegal gun deals
An undercover officer was shot during a shootout in a New Jersey shopping center parking lot Tuesday
Police were involved in the fatal March 25 shooting after a 40-minute standoff in which the armed suspect held a gun to his head
Albuquerque Police Chief Gorden Eden said the woman pointed a gun at the officer before being shot
When Utah’s new federal courthouse opened last week, it came with security improvements that are becoming standard around the country
Darlene Latrice Miller, 24, fired at least three shots at an officer Sunday before fleeing
Officer Heather Phares passed away Monday morning, four days after she crashed into a big rig
Auto-related officer deaths are up 67 percent this year: how you drive is a choice
Sheriff Deputy William Kelley, 46, was en route to an accident when his cruiser hydroplaned and collided with another car
The driver of the car that struck the police SUV fled the scene on foot but was taken into custody
Officer Bradley Durst, 29, was shot twice — one shot through the neck and another that entered through the right lower abdomen
The driver who hit the police SUV ran from the crash and was caught by Lodi police a short time later
Motorists traveling through the San Bernardino Mountains will now see memorial signs paying tribute to fallen Deputy Jeremiah MacKay
A dash cam video released by New Mexico State Police captured a high-speed pursuit and a violent attack on an officer