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Learning to apply this hold short of pressure also means it can be used as a tactically superior escort hold
These techniques can’t be learned through casual viewing or assimilation. They can only be learned and maintained through repetition
Tracking the number of shootings of police officers demonstrates that the risk rural officers face is measurable and substantial
“He ran toward gunfire to protect the innocent and to prevent further bloodshed. He performed his duties. That is a trooper. That is a hero. That is bravery.”
Jurors found Dalia Dippolito guilty of trying to hire an undercover detective to kill Michael Dippolito in 2009
“Just because you can’t see his injuries does not mean they are not there”
Harry Marrison attempted to exit the vehicle multiple times, even after the deputy told him to stay inside
Traffic-related incidents are the leading cause of officer fatalities in 2017
In response, “a police force charged at the terrorists, killed two and wounded the third”
K-9 Chris was scheduled to retire at the end of the year
Deputy Adam Rendall was found dead in his home from suicide Wednesday morning
The drunk driver nearly struck the officer and another citizen’s vehicle
Video shows Caleb Blaylock grab the patrol car door frame with one hand while holding the knife in the other
A mural erected a month ago to honor five law enforcement officers who died in a sniper attack in downtown Dallas violates city code, according to city inspectors
Both security guards were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries
The other trooper’s injuries are not considered life-threatening
The police union said the officer who shot and seriously wounded two dogs in a residential backyard responded properly and was in line with his training
The test “shamed and ostracized” the 12 plaintiffs - many of them decorated officers with decades of service - while providing “meaningless” results
Officers were breaking up a crowd at a park when Adolphus Washington “reached for and displayed a gun while sitting inside his vehicle, just feet away from officers”
Nick Tullier recently spoke his first word since the shooting, which sounded like “hello”
As of June 30, homicides were trending close to 21 percent lower than in 2016, with shootings down by about 17 percent
Chief John Wiebold got out of his car in an attempt to contact the occupants of the suspected vehicle, when Erica Shales accelerated, striking Wiebold
Under a new state law that took effect July 1, Nashville and other cities must let handgun permit holders carry their guns around their bus stations and on city buses
Adam Gabriel Azbill repeatedly spit, threw rocks and threatened to kill the deputy and his family before he was subdued by a K-9
One officer was injured and two police cruisers were damaged
About 17 percent of the pursuits that took place in the 12-month period beginning in October 2015 resulted in a collision
A cop stabbed while breaking up a fight is recovering after police say he was injured Sunday by an 11-year-old boy
DA said last week that the LEO was justified in killing Iaroslav Mosiiuk, a mentally ill man who was pointing a loaded rifle that lacked a critical piece and didn’t work
Justin Walters was 15 when he was accused of compiling a “die or dead list” and planning to shoot people
A proposal calls for a special unit of the State Highway Patrol to target violent felons on highways, collect better intelligence to aid local police and push to stop drug trafficking