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A judge has entered a preliminary not-guilty plea for the man charged in the killing of a police officer during a shootout
Police are unsure what caused the confrontation, but the Internal Affairs lieutenant offered identification before exiting the vehicle
Suspect’s widow, Angelique Campbell, told a news station that her husband should have killed more officers if they were planning to kill him
Officers were injured and a squad car was damaged when a fight broke out and bottles were thrown among a large crowd that had gathered for a concert
Prisoner was awaiting surgery on the eighth floor of the hospital when he attempted to escape
NYPD detective was punched in the face Saturday and was placed in a medically induced coma
One person was seriously injured and had to be airlifted to the hospital
Police are praising a dispatcher for persuading a gunman to surrender after he allegedly shot and killed three people, wounded two others and fired on officers
Gunman shot Officer Melvin Santiago in the head shortly after he and his partner arrived at a 24-hour Walgreens
Austin police officer thought he was protecting the public, but was punished for his actions
Police Chief Don Weedman ordered the man to put down his gun, but instead the man fired at Weedman
Adrian Perryman was found not guilty of aggravated assault of a public servant for a 2010 shooting that took place inside his home
Sgt. Amy Young was shot in the face early Wednesday at her home during a domestic incident that killed a 10-year-veteran officer
The victory a rancher claimed in a government standoff with armed militiamen has served to embolden right-wing extremists and conspiracy theorists across the country
Prosecutors who spent months investigating the shooting of Miriam Carey said that officers from the Secret Service and the Capitol Police did not use excessive force
29-year-old man is accused of running up to a police horse, uttering a “karate-like battle cry” and delivering what a spokesman calls “a jumping, double kick”
Officer David Melancon of the Thibodaux Police Department sat locked in his car with no air conditioning and videotaped his slow decline
Man critically injured Tuesday beat his grandmother with his fists and feet and threatened her life just two hours before he was shot
A trooper was shot and a man was found dead after an 11-hour standoff Wednesday
Fare-dodger was shot to death by an officer after pulling a gun and pointing it at the cop’s head during the July 1 incident
Police say a man armed with a bottle of flammable liquid set himself and a police officer ablaze before another officer shot him
The incident began after the officer witnessed 37-year-old Livingston Manners run a stop sign June 27
One police officer is dead and another is wounded after a domestic dispute escalated early Wednesday
K-9 Tracker was killed while pursuing 50-year-old Billy Wayne Lomaneck
Sheriff has presided over a department significantly eroded by funding cuts. Now, he has one deputy on duty at a time to patrol a county that is 100 miles
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