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Executive Order 13688, issued in January 2015, effectively ended federal support for the local equipment acquisition program known as the 1033 program
In training, ambushes are detected early by the flankers when utilizing the “Y” formation
This awards program recognizes individual officers and departments for excellence in service and commitment to their public safety mission
At least five officers were killed last year while deploying tire deflation devices
With a sub-caliber trainer, an officer can shoot a whole day for the price of a box of bullets, with trigger time concentrating on skills drills
Training geared to deal with ex-troops who are ticking bombs
Here are 7 things you should do right now to protect yourself later, in the immediate aftermath of that potentially career-threatening event out on patrol
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jaime Zapata was killed and his colleague Victor Avila was wounded in the highway shooting
A Morgan County man charged in connection with the death of a Wartburg Police Department captain pleaded guilty to a reckless homicide charge
The list of police officers and agencies targeted by Anonymous is long
A police boat assisting in a search for a missing Congolese boy in Australia overturned off a New South Wales beach
A Mesa police officer was injured during the exchange
Deputy James Thacker, 53, died after an accident along a state highway
Officers fired on a man who wouldn’t drop a weapon resembling a crowbar or an ax
Deputy Tyrone Tyson Caldwell, 41, was struck Monday while walking
Garret Davis, 28, was delivering paperwork to headquarters when he stopped to help a couple whose vehicle had stalled
An Arizona couple who committed suicide last month planned to lure sheriff’s deputies to their remote, desert home and kill as many as possible before ending their own lives
“Adaptability is an effective change in response to an altered situation. Adaptability is not speed of reaction, but the slower, more deliberate processes associated with problem solving.”
— Don Vandergriff
— Don Vandergriff
Additional dash cam video shows vehicle pursuits and a hoarde of officers descend upon the suspects, who are taken into custody
Anonymous explained via Twitter that the attack was in retaliation for the FBI’s crackdown on Megaupload.com, alleged to be a source of online piracy
Prosecutors on Thursday filed an assault charge on a 38-year-old transient who allegedly attacked a police officer the day before
Prosecutors allege suspect ran when he saw the officers approaching him and ran outside his home to crawl through a hole in the fence
An undercover officer arrested Dacosta Daniels, 34, in August
Sandra Briggs, 59, appeared ‘happy-go-lucky’ as an injured officer’s body was peeled from a guard rail, according to testimony
Police say at first an officer thought a bullet penetrated his pants leg
