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A take-home vehicle can be a valuable benefit, but you have to recognize that the benefit comes with a cost to officer safety
The ability to avoid turning a professional situation into a personal one goes a long way
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Jeff Settle, 29, had been working with the DOC since 1993
Madison Tristan Mealing had revived his series of anti-police YouTube videos
With just a few legislative days remaining before the 10-year anniversary of 9/11, will legislation on D-Block allocation pass before that milestone?
Officer Nick Armstrong, 27, died Sunday from a gunshot wound
Sheriffs’ department sites were either unavailable for most of Saturday or had been wiped clean of content
Officer David Stoke’s vehicle was pulled off the side of the road Thursday night
The officer was escorting a funeral procession by motorcycle when he hit the hearse
Police1 Contributor and internationally-known trainer Brian Willis brought the question “What’s important now?” to law enforcement
When you practice, you need to do it in a combat fashion with a combat mindset
Officer Troy Estree responded to a suspicious activity call and was dragged 50 feet
Traffic- and firearms-related fatalities accounted for 77 percent of all law enforcement fatalities in the first half of 2011
The trooper and his K-9 disappeared while on flood duty on Monday
David Jennings Dawson had been with his department for only two months
Kilgore police officers responded to a reported kidnapping
Police say David Hall appeared to have committed suicide
Part One: The below article is not intended to advocate for or denounce against “dual force” tactics — only to explore some of the positives and negatives of it
Converse County Deputy Bryan Gross, 29, is missing
Some estimates show that Congress codifies more than 50 new criminal offenses a year — who do you figure is going to most often hear about that from our society’s malcontents and miscreants?
Officer Michael Bailey was weeks from retiring when he was shot
You can’t predict where or when you may encounter an active shooter — whether it’s on or off duty — so be prepared always
Officer Matthew Lyons of the Oceanside (Calif.) Police Department is being rightly hailed for his tactically sound — and unflappable — response to a legally-armed citizen
Ultimately, a cop’s got to do what a cop’s got to do, and it appears that that’s exactly what happened in this unfortunate case