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Police officers need to be able to apply the right combination of tactics to maintain or restore peace and personally survive while doing it
We cannot allow officers to use outdated, ineffective and dangerous techniques
As this incident leads the news, it is imperative we identify lessons we can apply to training, policy and community relations
The video shows the armed student making verbal threats to open fire in a campus apartment complex
The unnamed officer is in critical condition but is expected to survive
The officer was inside his squad car writing a ticket when a vehicle pulled up behind him and shot the officer twice
When officers asked for ID, a scuffle ensued, and the man grabbed an officer’s baton and struck both in the head
Patrick Carothers, deputy commander of the agency’s Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force, died after being shot twice as officers entered a fugitive’s home
The court said it wouldn’t intervene in a lawsuit by activists seeking an independent probe of a prosecutor’s handling of grand jury proceedings
Officials said officers and concrete barricades causing congestion outside Trump’s home will remain in place at least until his inauguration in late January
“I still believe that, when I went to work that day, I did everything that I was trained to do”
The officers were shot while looking for a fugitive
The video shows the suspect racing toward the officer as he approaches the suspect’s vehicle
Jim and Doug discuss the ways in which the real cops and the “mall cops” can be better partners in fighting crime
The marshal was believed to have been wearing a protective vest but suffered a fatal wound from a rifle
21-year-old Rykemp Giles attacked a clerk inside police headquarters after being arrested on a domestic violence charge
Days before the ambush, the suspect sent a note to a PD apologizing for prior run-ins, saying his “dark days” were over and police are “absolute heroes”
A new study authored by the Crime Prevention Research Center digs deep into the data during a period that ‘bookends’ the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson
Council members introduced the legislation after a 14-year-old holding a BB gun was shot by a police detective in April
For police officers, Thanksgiving can be a pretty busy time
Nicholas Tullier, who was critically wounded in the July Baton Rouge ambush, was transferred to a rehabilitation hospital in Texas
The gun was impounded for evidence, so a gun company provided the man with a new one
The driver lost control of the vehicle and crashed
The suspect attempted to crush the officer against the cement median
The officer attempted to cross a set of railroad tracks in his vehicle and was struck
The deputy’s injuries are not life-threatening and he is in stable condition
Deputy Sheriff Justin White died Tuesday from injuries he suffered in a single-car crash
Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson was in the area on his way press briefing when he and other officers spotted a sedan that had been carjacked and pursued the car
The handgun used to wound an Anchorage police officer last weekend has been linked to five previously unsolved homicides this year
The bystander had a CCW permit and told the suspect he’d shoot if he didn’t stop beating the deputy
Many “ordinary” citizens who populate this great nation have an inherent willingness to step in to a dangerous confrontation to save a cop’s life
