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Police Week is arguably the most powerful event LEOs can attend
Strain that leads to stress occurs through years of traumatic incidents and stressful experiences, which accumulate and often lead to psychological and physical health problems
Jim and Doug discuss the issues in play when police respond to calls involving open-carry advocates
A sheriff’s office squad car was struck near Neenah after a driver lost control
From hostage situations to drugged-up lunatics to little lost teddy bears, it’s all in a day’s work
Of the 733 law enforcement officers killed in a vehicle accident from 1980 through 2008, 42 percent weren’t wearing seatbelts
Three Miami-Dade officers were wounded — one in the stomach and the others in the arm
Jim Buccholz, a 9-year veteran, initially treated his own gun shot wound as fellow officers returned fire
Officer Robert Deckard, who has been with the department for seven years, is being treated at San Antonio Military Medical Center
The officer was shot in the arm and is expected to be okay, the suspect was fatally shot by police as he fled
Two police cruisers struck pedestrians in crosswalks in the past two weeks
Changing light bars and signals remotely helps keep La Grange officers on the scene, not in their cars
Myriad smartphone programs help cops with everything from on-the-fly translation of Miranda warnings to updates on the FBI’s Most Wanted
The Ping4 app and service is highly configurable for users on both Apple iOS and Android-based mobile phones
December is a deadly month — may a few reminders here help the heroes on the street during the end of the year
Code 3’s vLink puts you in control in or out of the car
The problem with people like me is the central failure of contact and cover as it is frequently practiced — I want to be the co-contact!
The suspect and the officer were both taken to the hospital with gunshot wounds, the suspect later died
The officer was keeping her eye on children as they tried to inch closer to the train, concerned for their safety
The driver of the bulldozer was talked down before anyone was hurt
Const. Michael Pegg, 36, broke his leg during an annual requalification exercise, the exact cause of death is unclear
Police officers arrived at the home and found the man on the ground, no longer able to defend himself due to his injuries
Four gang members, in a car in an adjacent lane a few vehicles behind the officer, yelled at him, demanding to know what gang he was in
The encounter is the third officer-involved shooting in less than three weeks in Milwaukee
Congress is racing toward renewing a 25-year-old prohibition against firearms that can evade metal detectors and X-ray machines, just days before the ban expires
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