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How can cops prepare for being told, “We don’t serve your kind around here”?
In the absence of comprehensive tests for proving or disproving PTSD claims, LE administrators frequently express concerns with fraud and abuse
Even when officers react too quickly to consciously experience fear, the brain recognizes deadly threats and kicks into hyper-survival mode
An unarmed man who intervened in a confrontation between police and a knife-wielding assailant died of a gunshot to the back
A state trooper was accidentally shot during a gun training exercise at a safety facility on Tuesday and later died
The bombs were not deployed, but they were fully functional and had both trip wires and fuses
Man repeatedly ignored commands to show his hands and made a motion the officer believed looked like pulling a gun
Increased frequency and cost of leaves has forced the FD to spend millions of dollars a year in overtime and reduced the number of police on the street
Officer insists he accidentally pulled the trigger during the fatal raid when a witness grabbed his gun
15-year veteran officer was stabbed with a 10-12 inch steak knife during a struggle on a sidewalk
Man who crashed his car trying to evade police sped off in and wrecked a police car — then returned to the site in a third vehicle to shoot at deputies
Authorities said Friday that the hard drive of a computer used by the suspected cop killer provides evidence he had been planning an attack for years
Authorities were searching Sunday for two men suspected of shooting and wounding a police officer in Ferguson
Officer who fatally shot a man said he didn’t respond to repeated commands to drop the weapon and turned toward officers in an aggressive manner
It is important to build a partnership between law enforcement and the citizens that you protect to help ensure the safety of human life and the protection of assets
Officer was putting up barricades when he saw a woman plunge into the water. He dived in to rescue her, but was swept away
Man who had been fired from food processing plant beheaded a woman with a knife and was attacking another worker when he was shot
Officer and his K-9 are back home after being injured pursuing a burglary suspect Wednesday
Eric Frein performed extensive Internet research on how to avoid police manhunts, experimented with explosives and might have booby-trapped the woods
A Louisiana deputy was shot and killed by his fellow officers after opening fire during a domestic dispute Wednesday
Police killed a man Thursday after he led them on a lengthy pursuit, crashed in downtown San Francisco and then fired a gun at those trying to help
Video captured a woman’s rooftop escape from a burglar as police drew their guns and provided a fire ladder
More than 160 District of Columbia police officers will wear cameras that record them performing their duties as part of a six-month pilot program
Justice Department has begun its latest review of department practices following grand jury’s decision not to indict officers in fatal shooting
Eric Frein, 31, appears to have purposely made himself visible at times, staying just far enough away to make it unlikely he’d be caught
Officers had asked the 18-year-old man to come to a police station on Tuesday night to answer questions
An average of six shootings occurred in the first seven years that were studied. That average rose to 16 shootings per year in the past seven years
A jury found a University of Central Florida student guilty of resisting arrest Friday in a confrontation with an officer that was caught on camera last year
Deputy arrived at the scene Tuesday after the dog bit two people
