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It would be unwise for departments to enact a blanket prohibition on shooting from moving vehicles, or to micromanage these activities through policy
Law enforcement leadership, corrections leadership and policymakers need to reevaluate their strategy for implementing gang prevention programs
With measured remarks and a conciliatory tone, police, political leaders and civil-rights activists on Thursday sought to tamp down tensions
Alex Douglass ran a 50-mile ultra-marathon last year. Now he’s learning to get around on an artificial hip
Baby will be named Josie Wells Jr., after his father
An apparent hoax summoned a strong police response Wednesday to the home of rapper Lil Wayne after an unknown caller reported a shooting
One suspected gunan died at the scene, another person was hospitalized in critical condition and two firefighters sustained minor injuries
One firefighter head-butted an officer after being stopped for running a red light; the other kicked an officer’s leg when he was restrained at a bar
12-year veteran was wounded in the neck and hip and is expected to survive
One officer was shot in the face, just below his right eye, with the bullet lodging behind his ear
Reports indicate one of the officers was shot in the face
Spring breakers were drinking on a beach Sunday when between 10 and 15 people started fighting
Student on Wednesday identified Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as the man he saw leaning in to the cruiser of an MIT officer who was fatally shot days after the bombings
Neither the deputy nor the wildlife officer was injured in the confrontation Monday
A New York City man “vehemently denies” pointing a laser that injured the eyes of several pilots, including two in a police helicopter
Suspect was handcuffed and put in the front seat of a CHP SUV when the incident occurred
Suspect died Friday night in a confrontation with a police officer who was answering a call about a man disrupting traffic
Deputy U.S. Marshal Josie Wells died Tuesday in a shootout while trying to arrest the fugitive
A 64-year-old man was killed Wednesday after he exchanged gunfire with officers and shot one in his ballistic vest
Officer responded to reports of a suspicious person knocking on doors and crawling on the ground naked
Agency received more than 80,000 public comments on the proposal to outlaw some types of 5.56 mm rounds, or .223 caliber
Four officers grappled with the suspect while he kicked and spit before they were able to get him into a cruiser
Police were searching for a suspect in a double murder when the gunfire exchange occurred
Some of the pot bales that suspects tossed out of an SUV during a high-speed pursuit got picked up by passing vehicles
The hacker collective known as ‘Anonymous’ has claimed responsibility for an ongoing cyber attack on the city of Madison
The only difference between a good shooter and a great shooter are the details
Officers in the Baltimore school system’s police force won’t be able to carry guns inside schools any time soon
Plot to kill police officers and blow up a police station meant to trigger an uprising against the government
Trooper Tressa Winans was called to the bus Thursday to remove an unruly passenger when the attack occurred
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