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Academic research and real-world incident reviews provide a foundation for evidence-based practices and training
Effective crisis management and resolution rely on a different aspect of the situational awareness that keeps us alive
Resolve to start off the New Year with five commitments that will set the foundation for the year to come
Officer remains hospitalized in a medically induced coma and is responding well to treatment
Officers thought the robbery suspect’s Airsoft handgun was real
Police have said the shooting was justified because the suspect was waving an air rifle at customers and refused their commands to drop it
It took multiple officers to take down the 6’3”, 250-pound man
Police chief is praising his agency’s investment in body cameras after a video captured an incident that may have been misconstrued as excessive force
More than 300 pages of police reports on the June 5 shooting describe a frantic scene as officers tried to assist victims who lay bleeding as well as find the gunman
San Bernardino Police Chaplain Ray Miller asked the 2,000 people attending the service at San Manuel Stadium to pray for the officer shot Friday
Unfortunately, one place where expenses can mount is in the storage and management of the data they generate
A suspect is dead and a police K-9 has been hospitalized after a pursuit and officer-involved shooting
Houston police were forced to jump out of the way after a man attempted to run them over as they were directing traffic Sunday
Both the flashlight and floodlight can be turned on at the same time for maximum versatility and safety
An Anderson County sheriff’s deputy was taken to the hospital and a man was shocked with a Taser during a physical fight Sunday
The examination comes in the aftermath of the police response to unrest in Ferguson, Missouri
Inmate shot a sheriff’s deputy and then killed himself on Saturday after grabbing the deputy’s gun and trying to escape from a hospital
Tensions briefly flared then subsided late Saturday night and early Sunday in Ferguson as nightly protests continued two weeks after a fatal police shooting
Police Chief Michael Pimentel was making a stop to serve an active misdemeanor warrant for graffiti, when the suspect opened fire
“The next three to five days are absolutely critical in terms of Gabe’s long-term prognosis”
Officer, who had been attending a family event, was “in the right place at the right time” and shot a man who wounded a woman
31-year-old officer was rushed to the hospital early Friday with at least two gunshot wounds to the upper torso
Both suspects in a 20-hour hostage standoff this week in a Chicago suburb are parolees, and one is a convicted murderer who was under electronic monitoring
The streets of Ferguson were peaceful for another night, as protests and tensions subsided in the St. Louis suburb
Since the guard’s arrival Monday, flare-ups in the small section of town that had been the center of unrest have begun to subside
Officer David Freeman was shot seven times after stopping suspect Curtis Hicks for an expired tag
Bloomberg TV interview covered the rise in the body camera product segment and asks whether the technology would have helped in Ferguson
Although the majority of those arrested are Missourians, just seven live in the St. Louis suburb where the shooting occurred
Suspect at the center of a deadly confrontation in downtown Orlando on Tuesday was armed with a stolen but unloaded handgun
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