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The program’s goal is to decrease factors that injure and kill officers and recognize agencies that have implemented innovative programs
How does an LEO armed only with a handgun win in combat against an assailant using a rifle or shotgun, or against multiple lethal assailants?
New details of the furious Christmas shootout have been released
The bus driver told her older kids about what happened Monday and they told her she was a “superhero Mom” for helping the officer
The city is accused of releasing names, home addresses, Social Security numbers, phone numbers and details about family members
Both officers were taken to a hospital with “significant” burns to their upper bodies
Joey Marines was headed to a family outing when he spotted an officer in a violent confrontation
Trooper Michael Stewart III died a week before his 27th birthday, not far from where he grew up
More are expected to come, and the Cook County Sheriff’s Office predicts a possible 17 percent reduction in its workforce
“No one is stepping up for the cops, nobody is looking out for the police and they continue to demonize the cops and that’s an issue as far as I’m concerned”
Currently, TASERs are only issued to officers with more than two years of experience
The officers have been told to drive with their windows down amid suspected carbon monoxide leaks
Police were called after witnesses reported they saw a man pointing a handgun at passing vehicles
The troopers, attempting to avoid the stop sticks, struck one another. One vehicle then struck Lt. D. Heath Meyer
Mayor Ed Murray ordered the police department to equip officers with body cameras, saying he doesn’t want any other serious uses of force to go unrecorded
The initial grants are to be used to buy body armor or similar protective equipment for K-9s and their handlers
Although body-worn cameras aren’t new to Pennsylvania, the program will be new to state police
In April, state delegation members sent a letter advocating for funding for Louisiana LE for revenue shortfalls created by flood response in the region
Given to a family by a grandfather, the device was thought to be a replica, but was a live military practice bomb
McDonald’s has launched an investigation and said they will take “appropriate actions”
Police Chief Art Acevedo cited a recent incident involving a deputy who was inadvertently exposed to lethal amounts of carfentanil during an investigation
Video shows the suspect fleeing across two lanes of traffic then jumping over a barrier and falling 19 feet
Police officials say they opted not to make any arrests so tensions would not escalate
The remains of Donald Eugene Webb, a suspect in the 1980 slaying of Police Chief Gregory Adams, were found buried in the backyard of a Massachusetts home
Lt. D. Heath Meyer was out of his patrol car putting out stop sticks when he was struck by a vehicle
The deputy was taken to a local hospital where he was being treated for non-life threatening injuries
Kevin Michael Kealoha was on the run from authorities when he stole a car at gunpoint at a California gas station and led deputies on a high-speed pursuit
The citizen found ammunition and grenades in their garage and brought them to the police building
