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Whatever it’s called — guardian, warrior, both, or something different — mindset matters immensely
Constructed with incredibly thin and lightweight Nylon fabric, the carrier has a unique design which distributes the weight of the armor across the officer’s back
As we ramp up our tactical casualty combat care for our officers, we need to also remember our four-legged partners
The 9-year veteran was shot three times in the chest
Armed suspects often exhibit behavioral indicators that they’re carrying a concealed weapon
A police source said the home was targeted because the Moores help police
Officer was shot in the leg Sunday following a pursuit on the Stevenson Expressway
The officer was in pursuit of a vehicle “engaged in suspicious activity” on Sunday when he lost control of his cruiser and crashed into the vacant house
Deputy Rustin Olson shot Quentin Dodd after Dodd yelled “shoot me, shoot me, shoot me,” then tried to stab Olson and charged at him
“When I play a musical instrument my goal is to be able to play without thinking!” — Orville Johnson, Musician, Author, Producer
Two cops have been released from the hospital with non-life threatening injuries and the third is in critical condition
Same gun was used in the three separate shootings
Abuelazam was unshackled and outside his cell Wednesday night when he attacked the two deputies
Two officers fled the apartment, then went back inside to retrieve their wounded comrade, who they carried down the stairs
One man was hit with a slug in the abdomen and the officer took a shot to the chest
Identified himself and attempted to intervene but was shot four times in the chest
MAWOL — pronounced May-Wall — stands for “mentally absent without leave”
More than a third of the 163 cops killed on duty since last October died by gunfire
The officer contacted the suspect, and then the suspect produced a weapon
The deputy lit a cigarette in one of the department’s environmentally friendly propane-hybrid cruisers
If you keep guns in your home, make sure you are not the only member of your family who is familiar with them
The police chief said she appeared to be highly disturbed
At IACP 2010 in Orlando, chiefs of police learned how predictive policing can help in the decision-making process for deploying law enforcement resources
Demonstrators in the crisis prevented garbage trucks from unloading at the local dump for days
Sergeant Sean Drenth was a 12-year veteran
There several ways to control a violently resisting suspect on the ground so the polyester pile should be seen as “an option” and not “the option”