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Nearly 300 pages of the “In Context: Understanding Police Killings of Unarmed Citizens” are devoted to describing and dissecting the 153 fatalities, one by one, month by month throughout the year
Police work is hard on the body, but you can take preventative measures to help avoid permanent damage
Hackers, activists and supporters can claim allegiance to the group’s freewheeling principles at their convenience, so it’s unclear what impact the arrests will have
One shot struck Officer Thomas Richards’s gun belt, but the bullet was deflected by a spare ammunition magazine
Officer Steven Green died two weeks ago at the hands of Lawrence Wallace Jr., who escaped his handcuffs as he was transported to jail
Sheriff Van Duncan said his officers “acted appropriately” when Jacob Cody Plemmons rammed his truck into a patrol car, pinning two deputies inside
Authorities said Saturday that Hamilton Sgt. Ken Nagy had arranged to meet with Lantych Friday night when the 44-year-old Nagy shot him
11 officers from five agencies evaded injury in the hail of bullets
David Stone said on tape after killing officers he would go to their homes and burn them down
Authorities found Beverly police Officer Jason Lantych shot multiple times
Seventy-five-year-old William Barnes has been incarcerated since Philadelphia police Officer Walter Barclay died
The Washington State Patrol has identified the trooper killed near Port Orchard early Thursday as 44-year old Tony Radulescu
A new handheld device seems to be more science fiction than fact — but ‘tomorrow’ and ‘today’ are sometimes separated by the slimmest margin
Officers spoke to the three occupants of the car, and when trying to detain them, the driver, Randy Paringit, allegedly became violent
Rasheed Gey, 18, was charged Friday with the Feb. 6 killing of Dennis Gore Jr.
Police initially were called to house after receiving report of possible domestic violence
A 26-year-old man convicted of assaulting a state trooper during a drunken-driving arrest last fall was sentenced Wednesday
Allocation of the D-Block of 700 MHz spectrum for the purposes of building a nationwide, interoperable emergency communications network is all but sealed
A jury found 20-year-old Jahmell Crockam guilty Thursday of murder and weapons offenses
Explore application of the OODA loop to the specific actions of an officer and suspect
Ensure an officer’s physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing is attended to by professionals capable of recognizing and treating every type of trauma
Defense attorney said 16-year police veteran Frank Tepper was punched in the mouth, menaced
Career criminal Michael McBride, 52, wanted for shooting a woman Monday, was killed
A veteran officer of the Scottsdale Police fired one bullet that killed a threatening man
A city councilman wants to forbid the Police Department from pulling the plug on all that electronic communication during the G-8 and NATO summits