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With increasing public expectation that police officers will render care on scene, what is the interface of law enforcement and prehospital care?
The state’s success is based on law enforcement partnerships that have led to successful collaborations in care
The Las Vegas shooting demonstrated that the true first responders are those in attendance when an incident takes place
Residents were evacuated from about two dozen apartments Sunday
David Risner has been charged with capital murder of a police officer. He has been accused of killing Little River-Academy Police Chief Lee Dixon Thursday
Man died Feb. 15 after the altercation with three Moore police officers and off-duty Oklahoma game wardens
Man went for his own legal and concealed handgun after the assailants killed Officers Igor Soldo and Alyn Beck
Alaska authorities say they have shot and killed a black bear that lumbered through the front door of a home in the state’s capital
November 2012 pursuit ended with officers firing 137 rounds and killing two unarmed people
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Struggle to keep an adequate number of cops on the streets amid a historically rapid outflow has spurred department to make an unprecedented move
Officer shot and killed a man who was wanted for allegedly firing at officers Monday night
64-year-old Joseph Rosales got in the accident June 10 after his dog jumped into his lap and he lost control of his vehicle
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The pursuit also went through an active construction site before the suspect was apprehended at a mall
Los Angeles police officials are investigating allegations that a veteran detective made racially charged comments about shooting black men and disparaged several superiors
Man in his teens or early 20s was shot as authorities say he tried to run from a car after a traffic stop in Boynton Beach
Trooper was dragged for several yards and suffered moderate injuries
It is one thing to catch a person “red-handed,” it is quite another to convict them
The officer was being beaten when he fired a single shot
Man struck a police car Tuesday during a pursuit that stemmed from a domestic violence incident
Suspect was found not guilty by a judge June 11
Isaac Vigil, 32, opened fire as he was exiting the back seat of a patrol car
Video shows three dogs jumping out of a truck and biting the officer three times
Court has ruled in favor of Duke and two of its officers in the 2010 shooting death of a man outside the school’s hospital
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Officers were trying to serve a warrant when the suspect resisted arrest and fired a shotgun at K-9 Deputy Tanja