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Keeping your gear in good condition could save your life
Without a SOP for evaluating how a tactical team is used, the liability factor soars when a critical error occurs
Besides dispelling some persistent myths about the risk of prone positioning, Dr. Christine Hall feels that one study confirms the rarity of sudden in-custody death
The Mayor’s Office has confirmed the death of a Mobile police officer Friday
Research suggests that persons with developmental disabilities and other mental issues are seven times more likely to come in contact with law enforcement than others
Dash cam was released from a Christmas Day traffic stop of a 24-year-old DUI suspect
Luis “Baby” Ortiz fired at the skull of 29-year-old Officer Kevin Brennan, who survived the shot
Police impersonator Daniel Alloway or ‘Officer Dan Baker’ once carried out a traffic stop in a parking lot outside an adult club
Always notify dispatch of your location, request backup, maintain a reactionary gap, and be conscious of your positioning in relation to the suspect
An active shooter kit is a balance of enough stuff to get you through a serious fight, but not so much stuff it becomes cumbersome
Whether it be policy dissemination or whether it be planning and preparation — we need to get the community as a collective on the same page
Brian Terry died when his special-operations unit got into a shootout with border bandits in a remote canyon area in southern Ariz.
A teen with Asperger’s syndrome appeared and “made slashing strikes” while holding a knife, according to police
About an hour after the theft, a suspect used the officer’s credit cards at a nearby Target store, police said
Officer Kevin Brennan, 29, is expected to make a full recovery
A man wielding a meat cleaver reportedly threatened employees, lunged toward the sergeant
Officer Lauren Keilitz runs to a burning BMW parked in a driveway, yelling ‘Get out of the car!’
Ogden police officer Jared Francom, 30, died during the shootout with a suspect during a drug raid
According to a criminal complaint, a teen and his family members assaulted officers
Unsealed federal court records identify a second man in the December 2010 killing of Arizona Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry
Portland police say Canterbury had a Star Wars light saber in each hand at a Toys R Us store
Officer Bill Talbert, 64, contracted the disease after a blood transfusion, treatment for injuries sustained on duty
Defendant was shot 28 times in traffic stop after he pulled out his service Glock 9mm and started shooting
TACT is the root of both the words TACTful and TACTical, and as an acronym, TACT stands for Think, Aware, Courteous, and Tactical
Bill Adams, a licensed vendor at the event, apparently was showing his personal concealed weapon
Garry McCarthy says there are ''no arguments when you can look at a videotape’’
Lamar D. Moore, 38, left an officer, a commander and two sergeants wounded before he was shot and killed by police