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Officer Jonny Castro has painted over 80 portraits (and counting) in honor of those who made the ultimate sacrifice to protect their communities
Resisting officers is becoming more prevalent and socially acceptable by certain groups
Consider fit, likely threats and funding sources to ensure a successful purchase
Christine Lacy, whose husband killed two police officers in her house before authorities destroyed it trying to find him, has sued the city of St. Petersburg
Police suspect foul play in his disappearance
Prisoner stole an officer’s unmarked vehicle Sunday when she was left in it and slipped out of her handcuffs
Percy Lee House III, 52, had been missing since Friday morning
Police have not determined whether the death was accidental or intentional
Defendant threw a chair at a prosecutor and LAPD detective in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom
The gunman lied so convincingly to VA doctors that they concluded he had no mental health issues despite serious problems and encounters with police
The head of the TSA said his agency has officially rejected arming officers in response to a November attack at LAX
Pittsburgh Mayor William Peduto says Rocco served the city faithfully and “paid the ultimate price in the line of duty”
A man with a rifle shot and killed a deputy along a highway and wounded another deputy during a pursuit that stretched over 50 miles
The department received 130 vest enhancers, which will better keep them cool and dry and will cushion blunt force trauma
William Senne pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide in the crash that left Ellen Engelhardt brain damaged until her death
John L. Rush is accused of attacking K-9, Rocco, with a pocket knife, stabbing his handler, Officer Philip Lerza, in the shoulder, and hurting two other officers
Police say an off-duty police officer has shot and killed his son as the son fatally stabbed his mother at their Md. home
The 22 homicides in Baltimore in 2014 are double the number at this time last year
K-9 was stabbed in the back and two officers were injured while trying to apprehend a man wanted for a home invasion
More than 200 people packed into Chapel of the Chimes in Hayward, Calif., to view the body of Sgt. Tom Smith
An officer shot a 17-year-old runaway in the wrist Tuesday morning at a Hawaii high school after the teen cut one officer with a knife and punched two others
Officer Brett Morgan was investigating a possible stolen vehicle when he was struck by the car
Eight police officers were injured and six of them were treated at the hospital
8,000 trauma kits will be given to officers after they’ve completed their training, thanks to funds raised by the Los Angeles Police Foundation
A tollway worker was killed and a state trooper seriously injured in a fiery crash Monday night on Interstate 88
A brief back is simply having a team member repeat the orders/information after receiving them
Whether our profession made the conscious decision to change or we’ve bent to the pressures of society, the culture of law enforcement is ever-changing — let’s make it for the better
A gunman used his baby son as a shield while he fired at deputies, who did not return fire until after the man’s ex-girlfriend took the child away from him
Officer John Lynch was attacked on duty and soon suffered memory loss, dying at the age of 57
A high-speed pursuit through two central Iowa counties began with the alleged theft of tweezers