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If you can’t be home on the holiday, do your best to carve out another day where your family gets 100% of you
Directing a person to show you their hands is inviting movement that strips you of a valuable threat cue
In a year that brought relentless challenges, these are the five events the P1 team and our readership viewed as having the most significant impact
Both cars were scratched with paint thrown on them
The union contended in its complaint that Officer Betty Shelby’s arrest was “merely based on watching a video”
A jury convicted Voltaire Williams of conspiracy to commit murder and sentenced him to 25 years to life
Police were called to the home after the couple’s son called 911 and told dispatchers that his parents had been shot and that his brother was still in the house with the gunman
Four aldermen are pushing to get as many officers trained in using high-powered guns as quickly as possible to protect themselves from gang members
More than 300 law enforcement personnel and first responders who responded to the Pulse nightclub shooting and its aftermath were honored at Orlando police headquarters
The charges come after a chaotic scene in Clarksville on April 23, where police said the bounty hunters shot at four people and chased them for seven miles
Police said that was the only area of the city where rifles styled after AR-15s and AK-47s were regularly used, a menacing new development in the gang fights
Police said there appears to be no continuing threat but “they will continue to search to make the campus safe”
One family said they were “shocked” that the troopers placed the strips “15 yards in front of us”
The officer remains in critical condition and is scheduled to undergo brain surgery
The deputy is in stable condition
Police Chief Jonathan Haber said Officer Roy Oliver was terminated for violating department policies in the fatal shooting of Jordan Edwards
The officers were sitting in an unmarked car when two other vehicles pulled up and opened fire
The officers are listed in serious condition, but their injuries are not thought to be life-threatening
The DOJ is planning to reveal in the next 24 hours that they’ve closed the probe, according to a report
Officers exposed themselves to gunfire as they carried William An into a squad car and rushed him to a hospital
Police Chief David Carter said Kendrex J. White had been involuntarily committed for treatment in another city
Demonstrators in Portland threw smoke bombs and Molotov cocktails at police
The bill would ban the use of weaponized drones but exempt police
Many young LAPD officers have a child’s memories of the riots, or no memories at all; yet these officers work in a department profoundly shaped by its missteps during that time
Police Chief Jonathan Haber said video shows the vehicle not reversing, but instead “moving forward as the officers approached”
The suspect is in custody
Police said Wesley Williams Correa-Carmenaty managed to steal a deputy’s gun after he returned from court
Mayor Mike Rawlings said a police robot found two bodies in a home, including that of the suspected gunman
Police said Brandon Lamar Mann ran in front of the moving police car when he was hit
Randy Layton is described as a “moderate risk” to others
Deputy Justin L. Beard was responding to a burglar alarm during a thunderstorm when his patrol vehicle overturned
The officer was responding to a domestic disturbance when the man answering the door shot him in the head