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Law enforcement agencies must understand the potential pitfalls and mitigate them with policy, training and ethical guidelines
Sheriff Scott Rose of the Officer Down Memorial podcast discusses the unseen burdens of law enforcement careers, the importance of mental health resources, and his efforts to ensure fallen officers are remembered
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Police said about 100 demonstrators took to the streets, smashing windows and spray-painting graffiti
Police said the man “continued his intentional attack” in a crash that left one officer dead and another injured
So far this year, 997 people in Chicago have been shot, compared with 718 last year
The driver threw the car into reverse as officers tried to pull him out, video shows
Police said they were familiar with the man, who had a nearly two-decade history of arrests and several failed attempts to get him mental health services
Officer Christopher Farrar was an 18-year department veteran, his chief said
Police said the suspect, who was also wounded, had been trying to steal the officer’s police gear
Sgt. Chris Ward and Deputy Logan Fox were shot during a lengthy standoff, the sheriff’s office said
The Watauga County Sheriff’s Office said the shooter remains barricaded in a portion of the home
“I could see the grip of a pistol in his waistband and saw he was reaching for it with his right hand while backing away from us.”
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The suspect driver was trying to push through cruisers that had blocked him in, police said
Officers chased down the suspect and arrested him on multiple charges
Officer Anastasios Tsakos was a 14-year veteran of the force
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A professor of criminal justice and former NYPD cop says the violence has less to do with the pandemic and more to do with changes in criminal justice policy
Cpl. Keith Heacook was responding to a home for a fight in progress when he was attacked
During a traffic stop, a passenger ran out of the car holding a knife in each hand
The officers, who were stabbed in the face and head, called in the department’s special response team and a crisis negotiator
Sgt. Steve Owen was shot five times as he answered a 911 report of a burglary in progress at an apartment building in 2016
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The shooting was the second in two days by Detroit police officers after they’d reportedly been attacked
Officer Pete Unverferth remains hospitalized after the ambush attack
Officer Brian Burch quickly returned fire, video shows
“This city feels like it’s occupied by the military,” said one citizen. “This is so weird”
Lionel Virgile hurled bleach in a plastic cup at an officer who came up to his car, then fled the scene and later threw a lit incendiary device at another squad car
The city council voted to develop recommendations for a traffic division that would be separate from police
Police said someone inside the vehicle had handed the gun to the passenger
“It appears the suspects in this vandalism were targeting Mr. Brodd for his testimony,” police said
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