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The radical Islamist attack is a reminder that nation is at war with a twisted ideology that promotes violence against anyone who does not submit to those extremist beliefs
When you are wrongfully accused, negligently injured, or maliciously injured, just find a competent tort lawyer willing to pursue civil cases on behalf of cops
Police say at first an officer thought a bullet penetrated his pants leg
Timothy Darrell Johnson Jr. faces charges of attempted murder of a police officer
An Ashwaubenon Public Safety officer cited a teen driver who nearly hit his cruiser
Lee Paige sued his employer, the Drug Enforcement Administration, after video of the 2004 accident in Florida appeared in the news and went viral
The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office is seeking higher bail for the Flyers fan who was released after his arrest Friday
Be creative in developing firearms drills that enable you to practice technically- and tactically-sound skills
In a video shot in a public parking lot, officers are heard telling Jeff Patch to step back
Suspect remained on the run thanks to an assailant who tackled police in a videotaped struggle that went viral
When a police officer is thrust into the fight of his or her life, the outcome will not decide who gets a Super Bowl ring, but who lives and dies
We must study how we are being attacked — including the setting, time of day, distance, cues, and other variables — in order to prepare for real-world encounters
Too many officers have lost their lives due to lack of what I consider to be four core elements of officer safety: Focus, Attention, Situational awareness, and Tempo
Drew Ryan Maras fatally shot sheriff’s Deputy William Coleman on Sunday after the officer responded to a burglary call
An officer concealed his nameplate because he had heard that another officer videotaped by Occupy protesters later had personal information posted online
Police say a man in Indiana accused of stealing a car threatened to hunt down and eat his arresting officers
Using computer algorithms, ‘predictive policing’ estimates where certain types of crime may occur, in a similar way that meteorologists forecast weather
To reduce the number of successful close-quarter assaults against officers we must adopt tactics that make sudden attacks more difficult and more obvious
Running a quiet range takes a lot of work but results speak for themselves
For police use-of-force incidents, the definitions of words like ‘reasonable’ and ‘necessary’ are often discussed but sometimes also misused or misunderstood
The Mississippi Secretary of State’s Office released a complete list of pardons and other executive actions Tuesday, Republican Haley Barbour’s last day
Ventura County Superior Court Judge Charles Campbell gave Jeffrey Stephen Fennell 1,151 days of credit for the time he spent in jail after his arrest
Web-based collaboration AntiSec said it revealed 75,000 names and e-mail addresses, credit cards and passwords for Stratfor customers
Police have released few details about the shootout, pending an internal investigation
Deputy William Coleman, 50, was killed early Sunday at a north Phoenix medical building
