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After this officer’s squad car was swept away in flood waters, he drew all his strength from within to survive
A shootout that killed multiple FBI agents underscores the need for cops to use bullets that will neutralize an adversary as quickly as possible
Human performance factors such as reaction time and decision-making — areas of mutual concern for pilots, truckers, and cops — can potentially lead to errors with deadly consequences
Officer Marc Uland Kelley, 41, suffered a heart attack while responding to a call at a residence hall
The man gestured and yelled: “I’m going to hunt you down and kill you. That’s my personal promise.”
A man shot to death this week by Baltimore County police had approached officers with a knife before
EMS, police, and firefighters will be able to file claims for mental-health counseling following a post-traumatic stress diagnosis
Sheriff’s Deputy Ricky Del Fiorentino, 48, died on Wednesday in a shootout with a carjacking suspect
Two people were arrested and an officer was injured after violence erupted when hundreds of people who had gathered for a drum circle were told to disperse
Modern training teaches people to stay in the fight, getting the victim to stay operational until the threat is neutralized, but blood loss is more a matter of biology
A Cook County judge sentenced a reputed gang member to 105 years in prison for gunning down Chicago police Officer Alejandro “Alex” Valadez in 2009
A hitchhiker deliberately caused the multi-vehicle wreck that killed an officer who was driving him to a shelter
Armored vehicles help law enforcement face a new world of potential threats
“Criticism drives a more responsible and better government,” Alejandro Mayorkas said
Maryland State Trooper Jacqueline Kline suffered a traumatic brain injury in the crash
Police learned that the holed-up man may have had access to a rifle and ammunition that was hidden in the house
Police armed with assault rifles descended on a Maine man’s home after members of a tree removal crew he’d told to clear off his property reported that he had a gun
A bull led police on a chase down a Texas city street before horse-riding, lasso-yielding officers were able to wrangle the animal
What’s reasonable and unreasonable when it comes to cell phone searches and privacy is often the sticky wicket cops find themselves in — enter the Supreme Court
An airborne pick-up truck nearly hit two sheriff’s deputies and a state trooper
Six officers suffered minor injuries in the scuffle
Four LAPD officers were taken to the hospital with conditions categorized as “serious, but not life-threatening”
Two men watching the brawl quickly jumped in to restrain the subject, who was reaching for the officer’s gun
A Waverly man is in the Bradford County Jail after he resisted arrest early Saturday morning, injuring police officers in Sayre Borough
A case against one of the two men charged in the fatal shooting of Norfolk police officer Victor Decker was dropped this morning
An Arkansas officer was killed Monday in a three-vehicle collision
