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The public needs to understand the benefit of having armed off-duty and qualified retired LEOs around whenever possible
While there is great value to lecture-based training, it can’t be a street cop’s training endgame
Police officers can perform more effectively by learning to regulate the stress response and cue the brain and body at critical times of performance
Planned shutdown fell through Wednesday as a wall of police in riot gear kept people who planned to protest the shooting from walking onto Interstate 70
Deputy was wearing body armor but not the right type to stop a spray of bullets from an AK-47 fired from behind an apartment door
18-year veteran officer was hit in his vest after approaching two suspects parked in a vehicle
“Given the events in Ferguson and the skepticism that’s been directed at law enforcement, we have to take steps to ensure the public trust”
Officer Gabriel Garcia began breathing on his own late last week after being in a medically induced coma
Murder suspect seeking ‘suicide by cop’ led officers on a foot pursuit that ended in a standoff in the waters of Lake Erie
Vehicle slammed into the office and the driver fired at least four shots at the building
A spray of bullets fired from behind a closed apartment door killed a deputy and wounded another Monday night
Officials have called on Congress to reauthorize federal legislation to compensate first responders who became ill working at ground zero
The officer was carried about 50 yards before he was thrown from the vehicle as the man fled the scene
The domestic violence suspect struggled with a deputy in a treatment room Friday and managed to get his service weapon
Topeka Police Cpl. Jason Harwood was killed Sunday during a traffic stop
Though the stolen gun was loaded, it did not fire
24-year-old Officer Nickolaus Schultz was removed from life support Sunday
Coordination is challenging among the law enforcement entities alone. Armed civilian militias further complicate the effort
24-year-old Officer Nickolaus Schultz was shot after police responded to reports of an evicted tenant returning to his former home
Man being transported to prison in a Connecticut police cruiser slipped out of his handcuffs and attacked the state trooper behind the wheel
The unidentified man stripped naked and shoved a man to the ground after stumbling onto a playground
Cases have been reported nationally since 2008
Officer Daryl Pierson had pursued and caught Thomas Johnson III when he was hit by a .25-caliber bullet
Questions have been raised about whether the governor should have responded faster to an increasingly chaotic and racially tense situation
Department announced Thursday it’s launching a pilot program to test 60 cameras worn by officers, becoming the latest and largest police department in the country to accept the technology
Risk tolerance on the job is ultimately a personal matter where the most effective cops incorporate risk management practices into daily decision-making
Offiicers were both shot during the July 9 domestic incident in the house they shared together
Officers with the IMPD were given special gifts Wednesday from an 8-year-old boy who raised more than $17K in a campaign to help police
A female U.S. Marshal fought back and held a man for police after he groped her and pulled down her pants while running
Rochester officer was fatally shot in an exchange of gunfire during a pursuit, the first member of the city’s police force to be killed in the line of duty since 1959
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