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Todd William Shultz was shot 17 times outside of a Kmart in December 2012 after failing to drop a table knife and pair of scissors he was wielding
A Texas police officer shot in the face during a standoff Tuesday is recovering after undergoing jaw reconstruction surgery
Several officers were interviewing a suspect in a domestic violence incident when gunfire erupted
No officers were injured in the rampage
Standoff began after suspects made a phone call to police while inside a home “threatening law enforcement”
SWAT teams backed by helicopters tracked two heavily armed brothers with al-Qaida sympathies suspected in the newsroom massacre of a satirical French weekly
Bomb squad found containers of frozen urine in the vehicle of man who police say lunged at an officer with a knife and was fatally shot
Earlier Wednesday, one officer was released from the hospital
Man lunged at an airport police officer with a knife during a confrontation
Our goal in any tactical situation should be to posture ourselves in a way that maximizes our time to decide and act while dominating the situation in time and space
Officer Grant Morrison testified that he feared for his life when he fired the three shots that killed Richard Ramirez
Officer noticed suspect trying to put her vehicle into gear and reached into her window in an attempt to pull the keys out of the ignition
Small child was thrown from a balcony into the hands of a police officer to escape an apartment fire
Newly released video footage from officer’s lapel camera shows motorist opening a driver door and firing shots during the weekend traffic stop
Officers are on heightened alert after they disarmed a man who took a loaded handgun into a police station on Tuesday
A gunman opened fire at a veterans’ medical clinic in West Texas on Tuesday, killing one other person
Statistics show a steep decline in the number of arrests across all five boroughs in the two weeks since two officers were shot dead
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Officers returning from the funeral helped restrain an unruly passenger on a JetBlue Airways flight until the plane was diverted to Chicago
A man who was shot and killed by officers left behind several suicide notes in his cellphone, including one addressed to police
Man suspected of shooting and wounding an Albuquerque officer during a weekend traffic stop was arrested after a massive manhunt
Monday night’s shooting unfolded as officers were searching for suspects in an armed robbery
The following eight tactical tips can help ensure your safety both on duty and off
An off-duty sergeant was struck and killed by a vehicle Saturday while he helped direct traffic following an accident
A judge on Monday ordered a survivalist who called for revolution to stand trial on charges he fatally shot a Pennsylvania state trooper and wounded another
An officer who left his home after a verbal argument with his wife and was missing for nearly a week was found dead Sunday
31-year veteran Officer Lou Golson was struck twice by gunfire shortly after stopping the unidentified suspect Saturday
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