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Jim and Doug discuss the warning signs of a colleague potentially approaching crisis, as well as available resources for officers to get the help they need
Long after the police call is over, you may be carrying around bad bugs picked up from contaminated scenes and suspects
Products to improve situational awareness, make incident communications more efficient and mitigate risk were showcased to SWAT operators
Just as we lose too many officers to trees and phone poles in completely avoidable single-vehicle crashes, the sad truth is that police dogs die in hot cars all too frequently — we must end that problem now
Commanders are addressing holes in coverage stemming in part from a new deployment schedule
Union investigating how police and firefighters were deployed during riots
Man is accused of shooting two police officers during a protest in Ferguson
Authorities say officers fatally shot armed man, and a second suspect was found dead inside the stolen vehicle
Sgt. Mark Rodriguez witnessed the powerful display of mother nature as he was driving his patrol car through a storm
A man and two officers were injured Tuesday after the man intentionally set his car on fire
Detective testified Tuesday he didn’t intervene because he feared for his safety and didn’t admit involvement in the melee because he worried he’d get fired
Prosecutors filed the charges against 27-year-old Christopher Gebers on Monday
While police officers may be exempt by the vehicle code from wearing seatbelts, we’re not exempt from the laws of physics, so let’s stop training our recruits to ignore this important officer safety device
Billy J. Collins, 56, became combative after his arrest Friday and struck an officer multiple times before fleeing into a foyer
Lunged with a knife at a city police officer and an FBI agent
A man fatally shot by police after being told to leave a flooded area had grabbed a trooper and shoved him to the ground
In defending against the “why didn’t you call for backup” critique from friend and foe alike, there are a few things to consider – here are five for starters
The finished shape of the bullet probably has more to do with the overall effect — bullets with sharp edges can slice blood vessels rather than tear them, causing a more rapid bleed out
Officer was shot at a stoplight early Monday
Incident began when 36-year-old Jeffrey Scott Pitts and a clerk had a run-in over an unpaid bill
The protest came about month after a shootout outside a Prophet Muhammad cartoon-drawing contest in a Dallas suburb
Christopher Monfort wanted to kill cops when he firebombed police cars at a maintenance facility in 2009, and when that failed, he took action 9 days later
Trooper fatally shot a man who was involved in a fight with officers who came to evacuate him and another man from floodwaters
After attempts to rescue the officer via hovercraft and firetruck failed, a police helicopter was called in
Shot twice, the officer was rushed to the hospital in stable condition
A woman and two boys were rescued after police conducted cellphone negotiations with the man
Officer is recovering from non-life threatening wounds
Shots were fired after suspect armed himself with what police described as a “high-powered military-style rifle”
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