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As with many trends, PTSD awareness can spawn some misguided efforts that fail to fully address the issues
When you use dangerous tools in a dangerous profession, one may someday fail you through no fault of your own
Touch is likely the most important physical activity a law enforcement officer will engage in during their police career
Our profession has done a terrible job regarding car interior safety, and we need to remedy it
Ever notice how a picket fence along the road appears to be racing by at a blur immediately to your three or nine o’clock, but that same fence directly ahead of you barely appears to be moving at all? This is an illustration of how the eyes and brain use motion to assist us in judging speed and distance, including issues of “looming”
Some agencies rely on the 1033 program to support the operational needs of their departments SWAT Teams, Marine Units, and other special operations units
Police shot machete-wielding man after chasing him in a stolen truck he rammed into a police patrol car, seriously injuring an officer
MRAP acquired from the military has been the subject of controversy for months after the department accepted it
An outspoken member of the American Patriots, a group of armed citizens patrolling the U.S.-Texas border near Brownsville, was arrested Monday
Officer with sirens on waved away as pack of roughly 50 riders can be seen speeding, doing wheelies and standing on their bikes
Md. man who climbed over the White House fence Wednesday night has been charged with felonies for assaulting two police dogs and making threats
Prime Minister Stephen Harper called the shooting the country’s second terrorist attack in three days
Police officers responded to the scene October 8 after receiving a 911 call of a man with a gun
A young convert to Islam who killed a Canadian soldier in a hit-and-run Monday had been on the radar of federal investigators
Cameras were rolling Sunday morning when San Antonio Police Department officers engaged in a violent struggle downtown
Michael Brown’s official autopsy shows he was shot in the hand at close range during a struggle with the Ferguson police officer who fatally shot him
Schools in a northeastern Pennsylvania district have reopened after authorities did a precautionary search
Cell phone video captured a bizarre pursuit Sunday of a horse that broke free of its carriage driver
An agent from the federal Drug Enforcement Agency was shot in the elbow Monday morning as he and other agents were serving a search warrant
Dash cam video captured a close call for two New Jersey troopers and a driver after a speeding Jeep sideswiped their cars during a traffic stop
Officer had made a traffic stop on a car when another person passed by and fired several gunshots
A 69-year-old woman who died after being shot inside her home has been identified as a retired Philadelphia police officer
A northeastern Pennsylvania school district closed its schools Tuesday after at least two reported sightings of the suspect in a deadly state police ambush
A police officer, who is also a fire chief, was killed in a car crash while responding to a house fire Monday
Man accused of shooting at police stations, patrol cars and officers told detectives he wanted to be killed and was disappointed in their marksmanship
Are you as mindful of the nonverbal communication you project on the job as you are about the body language of the people with whom you interact on the streets?
Police used pepper spray and chemical munitions to disperse groups of rioters after they ignored warnings to disperse
Officer’s body camera was activated during the arrest of a woman suspected of DWI – capturing the moment the woman attempted to frame him
A man being treated by paramedics stole an ambulance and led police on a pursuit that ended in a traffic collision, sending two women to the hospital
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