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Your body armor is one of the most important pieces of equipment you use, but are you taking proper care of it?
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Officers often fail to use proper protection from contact with dangerous drugs and other toxic substances
Officers Pat Brown and Brian Schoen were shot during an encounter with Saeed Aquil and a teenager on New Year’s Eve 1994
Tuesday’s shooting marks the department’s third this year
A man who fatally shot a sheriff’s deputy who stopped him for speeding on a Georgia interstate was put to death Tuesday for the 1998 killing
I was privileged to have been trained by the great James Lindell of Kansas City Police Department in 1979, and learned his system of Lateral Vascular Neck Restraint (LVNR) as well as his follow-up protocol
Disturbing video captured the moments leading up to the killing of a rookie Arizona officer by an armed suspect
Had similar events occurred in the U.S., our law enforcement officers would have exposed themselves to similar dangers
Officer’s attorney argued that officer did what he was trained to do to subdue a dangerous suspect who was coming at him with a knife
A teen that was taken into custody for a probation violation is being called a hero after helping save the life of the officer who was booking him
City mayor called standoff with man who planned to kill cops among ‘most intense’ in U.S.
Police were trying to break up a fight on one of the floors when the singer hit an officer on the side of the head with a closed fist
Please put out your stops as often as conceivably possible, prior to contacting the driver/occupants
Here are a few ideas on what you can do to improve your own performance on the street — and remember, it’s always a performance.
In the 1989 movie ‘Road House’ Patrick Swayze’s character gave what was arguably the best advice for police officers that ever came out of Hollywood
Officer remains in critical condition after undergoing a third surgery
Officer kept a teenager from being hit by a car as the youth walked along a suburban New York highway
Budget cuts are restricting ability to safely run the facility
George Pickering has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Earlier reports from authorities said Pickering did not have a gun
Officer shot and killed suspect after he began hitting the officer with a shovel
A gunman opened fire Saturday at three separate locations, killing a victim at each site
Father of a patient at a hospital who became distraught over his son’s condition surrendered without incident after about a four-hour standoff
Dash cam captured an officer’s split-second decision during his response to a 911 call about a group of teens carrying a gun
The law does not require police officers to utilize the absolute minimum force necessary in a threat situation — only that the level of force used be reasonable to control a deadly threat
Matthew Christian Cash was high on PCP when he slammed his vehicle into a cruiser and two other parked vehicles
Undercover detective was critically injured Friday after being shot by a fellow officer while conducting a narcotics operation
Gene Thomas Brandon, Jr., who has a history of mental illness, was delusional at the time of the attack
Attack, police spokesman said, is part of a larger trend nationally in the past year toward increased physical confrontations against police
Man sped from the scene after hitting the officer with his car but was later captured after causing a string of crashes
Sheriff’s deputy who authorities say a fellow deputy killed in a hotel was shot multiple times and had other injuries that appeared related to a fight
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