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It is highly likely that if someone gets your duty firearm ‒ for any reason ‒ that person will kill you
You are looking down the muzzle of a semi-automatic pistol held by a man at point-blank range, what will you do next?
With law enforcement blamed for society’s ills and the future of policing uncertain, officers face new traumas and total exhaustion
Dominique Heaggan-Brown is charged with first-degree reckless homicide in the fatal shooting of Sylville Smith
The town also plans to add a plaque explaining the history of blue lines worldwide and how they symbolize the line between chaos and order
The shooting marked the second time Monday that two Ga. officers were hit by gunfire on the job
The officers cited mismanagement of the department
Jurors said a “botched” operation and contradicting testimony led to their decision to acquit the man
Officer Terrance McBride was shot in the shoulder and will undergo surgery
The hackers encrypted the department’s management system, which holds reports, bookings and other day-to-day operational data
The sergeant and his wife both grabbed their guns and fired at the attackers
The suspect was resisting arrest and kicked the sergeant with the high-heel of her boot
As officers approached a house to investigate an earlier theft, a man came to the door and opened fire
The officer was shot in the shoulder and suffered non-life-threatening injuries
Two Lavonia officers were making a traffic stop Monday evening when officials say the suspect opened fire
A man opened fire on the officers while they were serving a search warrant for a drug case
It’s unreasonable to expect the media to totally anonymize killers like the monster who unleashed hell at Sandy Hook, but we must devalue them in our coverage
Officers pulled over a driver for not having his headlights on when possible gunfire broke out nearby
The device has a 360-degree motion sensor that tracks movement within a 25-foot radius
Prosecutors ruled the shooting was justified
Subjects under the influence of TCP pose a significant threat to police officers
After his arrest, Stefano Brizzi had admitted killing and trying to dissolve the body because “Satan told me to”
The officers’ injuries are not life-threatening
Legislators are facing pressure to lengthen sentences on repeat criminals who return to the streets and contribute to violence after serving only a portion of their prison terms
Deputies responded after multiple callers said a vehicle had gone into the canal and a woman had gotten out and was “running in the roadway naked”
Trump promised to rescind the executive order in a written response to a Fraternal Order of Police questionnaire
One powerful way to train an officer’s combat mindset on the live-fire range is to recreate an officer-involved shooting
The officer was undergoing surgery at a local hospital late Friday night
Police are partly crediting refined tactics that include collecting more data and forensic evidence to a record low number of shootings
