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It has become much more common to come across recruits with very small hands who have trouble with duty-size handguns. What’s the answer?
This technique is so named because of the ease at which you can place a person under arrest in a position to be handcuffed and controlled
Resist the adage, “I’ll request backup if I need it,” because by the time you need it, backup will likely arrive too late
If a domestic abuser intends on killing a police officer, history has proven certain events take place
Tavis Crane, who had warrants for his arrest, refused multiple times to get out of his car when asked to do so by Cpl. Elise Bowden before twice running over her
The report found the agency handled the shooting well, even though “no one could completely anticipate the resources Florida and FDLE would need to respond”
The official sentencing comes 32 years after DEA Agent Enrique Camarena was brazenly snatched in broad daylight
The manager called police after a customer became aggressive
The officer was shot in the arm and treated at a hospital
Three people sustained minor injuries
Mayor Mike Signer said the events on Aug. 12 “raised serious questions about the city’s handling of security, communications, and governance”
Their answer so far is huge officer manpower and tighter restrictions on the demonstrators
When things calmed down two hours later, eight officers had been sent to hospitals with injuries ranging from a broken hand to cuts on the face
The police department plans to use the grant to purchase a new hand-held radar, replacing a 19-year-old model
In June, an inmate shot and injured two deputies at the Coffee County Courthouse before shooting and killing himself
Deputy Sheriff Robert Rumfelt crashed into a tree after leaving the scene of a domestic violence call
The new system would allow the two agencies to share one dispatch system in order to receive information from both agencies at once
CHP spokesman Thomas Olsen identified the officer as a sergeant who has been with the department since 2012
Police used tear gas to disperse the crowds after protesters threw rocks and bottles at them
Chance Noah Etheredge pulled a handgun on Lance Cpl. Jason Snider during a traffic stop
The company says the network ensures public safety officials “have the opportunity to weigh all their options as they make their important communications network decisions”
John Witkowski hit one deputy in the chest after telling police he was Jesus
The driver attempted to use the baby as a human shield before he was detained
Two officers were treated and released; one remains hospitalized
Police say he tried to walk through a group of mounted officers despite being told not to do so
Police said Officer Thomas Orr was on the patio when an argument broke out and someone opened fire
Cpl. Gibran Barclift, 39, joined the Norfolk Sheriff’s Office in 2002
Police said the shootings happened in just a 13-hour period ending early Sunday
A police official said “the terrorist motive is completely rejected” for the incident
Maureen Kennedy once pulled a man from a burning car, dragging the disoriented driver to safety minutes before the vehicle was fully engulfed in flames
Boston Commissioner William Evans said 33 arrests had been made by Saturday night — mostly for disorderly conduct while some were for assaulting police officers
Tyler Wheeler, of Ouachita Parish, had multiple surgeries, including to reattach part of his skull
Thousands of leftist counterprotesters marched through Boston on Saturday, chanting anti-Nazi slogans and waving signs condemning white nationalism
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