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“I got the feeling I needed to search the subject again.”
Officers around the country are experiencing the pain their decision to be a cop is now causing their loved ones
The video shows the suspect opening the door and yelling “time to die”
Trooper Nic Cederberg had his third surgery and remains in critical condition
Deputy 1st Class Warren Hogan is in critical condition
The suspect was shot after he opened fire on two officers
The suspect tried to rob a bank, then ran into a nearby store and held an elderly man at knifepoint
Trooper Nic Cederberg was able to high-five his wife after his first surgery, but has more operations to go
The shootings added to the tolls in Chicago, where more than 700 homicides have been recorded and more than 4K people have been shot
The death is the first time in four decades that an active officer has died
There is no official word on whether any of the fights were connected
Trooper Nic Cederberg is still in critical condition
The Mississippi Highway Patrol is currently operating at 170 troopers below its full force
The trooper is in critical but stable condition
Prosecutors and attorneys will analyze what seemed to work and what didn’t the first time in the trial of Ray Tensing
More than a dozen of the HPD’s top commanders were among 126 officers who filed paperwork indicating they plan to retire in the first half of next year
Eric Frein is charged with killing Cpl. Bryon Dickson II and wounding another trooper in September 2014
Louisiana is in line to become the first state to outfit all of its troopers with body cameras
The officer, who was wearing a protective vest when shot, was treated at a hospital for minor injuries and released
Officer Mike McClaughry, who was shot in the head while responding to a call, is making small improvements, but it’s too soon to say what his prognosis might be
Jim and Doug discuss four things they identify as the biggest trends of the year
Doctors originally gave him a 1 percent chance to live
Police issued a safety alert after a man allegedly posted a threat on Facebook regarding the video saying they should “kill all the white cops in Fort Worth”
Hours after learning Walmart would pull the shirt from stores, the Fraternal Order of Police urged Amazon.com to do the same
The restaurant brought sandwiches to the local PD to make up for the incident
Shootings have been on a mostly downward spiral all year and through Wednesday, had dropped 12 percent from 2015
The officer was wearing a ballistic vest and suffered minor injuries
Officer Jackie Tucker was responding to a domestic disturbance when the suspect opened fire
Jim and Doug discuss the need for officers to be vigilant about speech and behaviors that can be warning signs, as well as the various services available to people in crisis
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The suspect opened fire on officers when they responded to a domestic disturbance call
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