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Police officers must train on the skills and abilities that can help win an off-duty or non-uniform deadly encounter
Knowing that they may need to take a bullet in their effort to save an innocent, police officers went to work each day wearing their body armor
Here are some selected examples of people who are with their families this Christmas because of the courage and decisive action of American police officers
Officers fired more than 40 rounds after Angel Alvarez, 23, shot and killed 22-year old Luis Soto during a 500-person barbeque
Patrolman Glen Agee had served with Jackson PD for only two months, previously serving with the Jackson State University Police Department
A Rhode Island thug who killed a cop and a store clerk is being held on just $5,000 bail
Polls show that Mayor Daley and Police Supt. Jody Weis are walking a public-relations tightrope on the city’s crime issue
State police issued 533 traffic citations and 23 summonses and made 36 impaired driving arrests during the first three weekends of Operation Lightning
A report was relayed by the FBI saying the threat was from a Mexican drug cartel
Were fatally shot early Sunday following a party outside a South Side home
One trainer’s motivating commitment to lifelong skills-building sets a good example for police officers to strive toward
There will be no solution until ordinary people, tired of washing blood stains off sidewalks, refuse to tolerate the violence
In Chicago, forty people were shot in a span of 59 hours between April 18-20 in 2008; not one has faced charges
Mass. police have launched a campaign telling motorists to slow down and change lanes when passing emergency vehicles
The use of AEDs by police officers is increasingly common
In Chicago, forty people were shot in a span of 59 hours between April 18-20 in 2008; not one has faced charges (Part 3)
Part 1 of 3: Forty people were shot in a span of 59 hours between April 18-20 in 2008; two years later, none have faced charges
Program features annual physical fitness tests and financial incentives to stay in shape
Lake County sheriff’s deputy once accidentally shot herself while removing gun from her squad’s trunk
Police went to a home in Somerville after a man called to say his girlfriend had lunged at him with a knife and tried to set his clothes on fire
It’s common to encounter a citizen following concealed carry laws is significant. How can you tell when CCW starts to become suspicious?
The cop shot one of the suspects and SWAT officers captured two others in a nearby building
Police Limit Comic is a politically-motivated, pro-law enforcement comic strip, topical in its writing and unapologetically blunt
SurvivalStrap enables you to carry with you, at all times, a length of 550lb.-test paracord
The injured cop was grazed in the head by a bullet and rushed to the hospital
87 cops have died in the line of duty this year, compared to 61 at this point last year
Officer Jennifer Moore looked Aaron Lopez, the man who attempted to kill her during a 2008 traffic stop, directly in the eye and asked a judge to give him the maximum sentence.
Sir Robert Peel rightly said, “Police are the public and public are the police” ... particularly when you’re struggling with a suspect and need a citizen’s assistance
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