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As Daniel Patrick Moynihan once famously said, “you are entitled to your opinion, but you are not entitled to your own facts.”
Though some departments and training agencies have specific policies regarding use of profanity, many do not explicitly advise officers against it — which could create a poor image, if not an outright liability
They say in a crisis situation you will subconsciously revert back to the way that you have trained
What was supposed to be a well-earned lunch turned into an unexpected gunfight
NYPD Officer Nelson Vergara was off duty when he took two bullets and still managed to nab the suspect
Officer fatalities this year are 44 percent lower than the previous 12-month period
We must shoot drills to enhance and refine skills before we test these skills with scenario-based training
Driven by demons, attack was ‘some kind of manic episode’
Part Two: The exploring officer takes responsibility for the strategic choices of routes and objectives on his journey into the unknown
Part One: We recognize opposites — day as compared to night, happy compared to sad, failure versus success, peace as opposed to war, and safety counter to danger
Two people were arrested after officials said a deputy was shot in his stomach Tuesday night
Two Massachusetts state police cruisers have been struck by other vehicles in separate overnight highway crashes
Federal estimates suggest that 6 percent of criminals commit 70 percent of crimes
Deputies arrived a home Saturday and were met with an angry man holding a shotgun
Part Two: No holds barred on questions related to some of the most serious police firearms training trends on the horizon
A man was sentenced Monday for the 2010 attack that killed Riverside police Officer Ryan Bonaminio
Officer Nelson Vergara served two tours of duty in Iraq as a Marine and became a one-man army when he was attacked in the Bronx
What did law enforcement take away from this highly publicized incident?
Man taken into custody broke out the patrol car window, climbed out and attacked
Sheriff says it “was like Vietnam” as the gunman fired rapidly and repeatedly at authorities
A felon helped hide the man who shot two Spokane deputies Tuesday
A man with an outstanding arrest warrant pulled a gun and shot the driver of the car in which he was a passenger
Ranger Nick Hall was helping to prepare the climbers to be taken from the 14,411-foot Washington state peak when he fell shortly before 5 p.m. Thursday
Police confronted a suspected shoplifter in the parking lot who refused to comply
A suspect on pretrial release for drug charges set off crime spree and pursuit that stretched across much of the county
To really take advantage of your license plate recognition camera, you need to integrate the camera with dedicated LPR software
In certain cases, the FCC’s Narrowbanding mandate will mean the purchase of new radios, which many cash-strapped agencies will struggle to fund