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A three-judge appellate panel addressed issues of growing concern to street officers amid the current demands for de-escalation of force in complex encounters
The complex, carefully coordinated attacks of 9/11 have been replaced with a new kind of violence that is significantly harder to detect
Courtesy of Bound Tree University and Bound Tree Medical
Agent Alexander Giannini died and a second agent was injured in a rollover accident Wednesday
Tiniko Thompson turned herself in to police Wednesday night and was charged with second-degree murder
Two Stockton police officers were seriously injured in a traffic collision while responding to assist in the arrest of a shooting suspect
Shootings has tragically exposed the limitations of involuntary-commitment laws that allow authorities to temporarily confine people
When a man struggling with 3 officers drew a gun, commissioner entered the fray, put his own gun to the man’s head, punched him and caused him to release his weapon
Officers have filed a federal civil rights complaint against city and federal officials, saying use-of-force polices restrict their rights to protect themselves
Police chased a suspect from rooftop to rooftop, used a TASER and eventually a K-9 to take a high-risk parolee at large into custody
Pittsburgh police are reviewing an incident in which they say an officer accidentally fired a gun while chasing a suspect
8 1/2-year veteran honored for her bravery in 2012 shooting
Man tried to back out of traffic stop — crashing into a patrol car and leading deputies on a pursuit before smashing into another patrol car
Man carefully balanced a rifle on the roof of his car and fired two shots, striking the officer in the head before he got out of his patrol car
Retired Officer Derrick Bishop, working as a security guard, shot and killed a gunman who was trying to rob him and steal his car
Officer was killed while escorting President Barack Obama’s motorcade when his motorcycle was struck by a pickup truck
We have a long history of making changes in order to make our officers safer — but those changes didn’t occur overnight and they didn’t come without struggles
Most frequent violation is breaking the no-wake zone that extends 200 feet from the shoreline or docks on most of the lakes
SC deputy could not stop in time after vehicle overturned
A common tool for police, TASERs are relatively rare in a hospital setting
Ruling Tuesday reversed a lower court decision that allowed the lawsuit to go forward against six West Memphis, Ark., officers
Evening shootings arose from fights between groups of people
LA County sheriff’s deputy was shot Monday during an incident that left one person dead
The officer was standing on the passenger side of his patrol car, leaning into it to check something on his computer, when he and the car were hit
Officers were dispatched to an intersection where the man was stopping and screaming at cars
Death of Jair Cabrera marks the first time that an officer in the community’s department was killed in the line of duty
Former Officer Mark Larson, who kept his zest for life despite losing a forearm on duty 21 years ago, died March 24
The knife-wielding man was attacking a woman when the good Samaritan stepped in to help late Thursday and was stabbed
Sheriff’s officials said they followed specific protocols as the incident slowly escalated into the night and early morning hours
Man tried to flee in a police car after freeing his hand from handcuffs during his arrest
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