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In June 1994, a mentally unstable former airman killed five people and injured 22 others, and a reckless B-52 pilot took three other airmen with him when he crashed during air show practice
Jim and Doug discuss what people can do to ensure that whatever the circumstance, everyone goes home safe after the encounter
The company offers multi-threat body armor in set sizes to make buying a vest simpler, faster and cheaper
It took an almost eleven month recovery process, but Deputy Marshal Stephen Brady is glad to be back on the job
An officer is back on desk duty and improving every day after a devastating ambush
One trooper was struck by gunfire but escaped serious injury because the shot struck his body armor
An Ariz. officer recalls saving a couple from a house fire and his recovery
One officer recounts the day serving a search warrant initiated a gun battle that killed 1, injured 5
When a quiet night on patrol quickly went south, a nervous officer acted flawlessly
As you reflect on the past 12 months and plan for the upcoming year, ask yourself life’s most powerful question
As a police officer in Aurora, Colorado — a city that is only just beginning to recover from one of the largest mass shootings in the history of the United States — the news stopped me in my tracks
A second DUI was given out Monday when a driver it a parked cruiser
What has 2012 taught you about officer safety and effectiveness?
A man is suspected of killing Cpl. David Gogian and Jeff Atherly as they responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle
An officer and employees suffered injuries that are not considered life-threatening
A sympathetic supervisor can be surprisingly easy prey for the psychopathic employee
The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has declared the Illinois ban against legally-armed citizens to be unconstitutional and I say ‘good on that’
Suspect threatened his alleged mistress before hitting her husband with a pickup truck
In a year that saw many important developments in public safety communications, there was one that really stood out
As police tried exiting the home, the suspect ran at them with an unidentified object
Student grappled for an officer’s baton, grabbed and used pepper spray, and then began kicking an officer in the head
The well-known robber pulled a pellet-gun on two plainclothes cops before being shot
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