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Police leaders across the nation are working to balance enforcement priorities while ensuring the safety and well-being of their personnel
A hidden armed subject could have turned a vehicle search into an ambush
The one or two-handed front strangle is a common murderous assault launched by aggressors
More than 22,000 London Metropolitan police officers are scheduled to have cameras by mid-2017
This product was designed to allow officers to focus on things that are hazardous to them, and leave the nonhazardous stuff to automation
Agencies must prepare now or risk playing catch up
After responding to a call and finding no trouble, officers began to leave the scene when a suspect opened fire from the street
St. Louis County Officer Blake Snyder was killed while responding to a disturbance call earlier this month
Police say a man pointed an assault rifle at two officers, but it malfunctioned and officers fired their weapons in self-defense
Suspect Demetrae Griffin allegedly assaulted an officer and threw a rock through a deputy’s vehicle
David Michael Ansberry was taken into custody in Chicago for his connection with a homemade explosive left outside Nederland Police Station
Tiara Ferebee is held on a $1M bond for shooting a plainclothes NYPD officer in the forehead last week
An officer is in serious, but stable condition after a suspect shot him then stole the officer’s patrol car
Sergeant Lou Maldonado of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department spoke about how his agency changed the way its cops drive — from seatbelt use to speeds
OIS videos are shared broadly across the internet and can fuel the negative anti-police perception, even if the data isn’t there to back it up
Police say the lines symbolize the bond between communities and officers, but critics are concerned the lines could be polarizing rather than unifying
After nearly two days of deliberations — jurors agreed that Kevin Hogrefe was guilty of the October 2014 death of Deputy Yevhen Kostiuchenko while driving drunk
Officials say the two Boston police officers shot and wounded remain in critical but stable condition
The brutal October 5 beating left the officer with a concussion, bone chips to the shoulder and wrist and a neck injury
The officer is expected to survive
A tactical police truck was nearby and became a critical factor in Wednesday night’s shootout that left two officers critically injured
John Hernandez Felix pleaded not guilty to murder charges in the killing of two Palm Springs police officers
Bagpipes played mournful music outside the St. Louis Family Church while thousands paid their final respects to St. Louis County Officer Blake Snyder
Officials said the injuries might have been worse if the window had been open because the bottle struck the window right next to the officer’s head
Heavily armed and armored gunman Kirk Figueroa told one of his roommates he intended to die famous — right before he opened fire wounding two officers
Two recent incidents remind us about how volatile and unpredictable these calls are; review and share your agency’s domestic disturbance response policy internally
Cops have to make split-second decisions in situations that are tense, uncertain and rapidly evolving
To this day, my coolness of response still amazes me
Read about the best practices for police firearms instructors to improve officer performance
Commish William Evans praised officers who applied their hands and tourniquets to stop the bleeding on officers who were critically injured in a shootout