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A shootout that killed multiple FBI agents underscores the need for cops to use bullets that will neutralize an adversary as quickly as possible
Officials are using the hashtag #HeatStrokeKills to spread the message about this preventable tragedy
The human body is wired to experience stress; how your brain deals with it is what’s important
Pa. trooper shot and killed a man on Dec. 7 that was stabbing himself in a stolen vehicle, with a kidnapped child trapped inside
Officer shot an armed man dead Wednesday and was led away from the scene by paramedics as he bled from his upper arm with a gunshot wound
Hundreds of Los Angeles officers gathered at a downtown cathedral Thursday for an emotional farewell to Nicholas Lee, the veteran officer killed last week
Suspect is accused of mailing a homemade bomb to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio last April
A suspected drunken driver fleeing police crashed through barricades at the South By Southwest festival in Austin
The fire killed one resident, injured another and left nearly a dozen police officers suffering with minor smoke inhalation
Suspect in a double homicide shot a US Forestry officer and K-9 before being killed by officers during a manhunt
Deputy shot a man during a traffic stop after mistaking his cane for a shotgun
Trooper was taken to a hospital in serious condition after he was struck during a multi-car pursuit of a suspect that kidnapped a 4-year-old boy
Loudon County Sheriff’s Deputy Jason Scott was shot to death by 16-year-old Michael Harvey while responding to a domestic violence call, prompting a 30-hour standoff
Agent Joaquín Correa-Ortega and Sgt. Victor Perez were both fired upon while undercover conducting an arms purchase
The patrol sergeant’s most honorable duty is to train and take care of all the officers in their command — even if that means taking actions which may ultimately end up in an officer’s dismissal
Police deployed a TASER on a man in the street Monday after he threatened officers with a large umbrella
Firefighters were arrested Feb. 14 after deputies allege both men assaulted Chester County Sheriff Alex Underwood and a sheriff’s captain at the scene of a crash
New York City so far this year has recorded a 10-day stretch with no slayings and a 24-hour period without even a nonfatal shooting, stabbing or slashing
The brakes were put on riders rolling around Manhattan on illegal dirt bikes over the weekend
A suspected car thief was rescued by Georgia officers after the vehicle he was driving caught on fire during a pursuit
One officer suffered nine broken ribs, a punctured lung and other injuries Sunday night when a suspected drunken driver’s SUV struck his patrol car
A critical piece of evidence, the bullet that pierced Officer Adam Shaw’s shoulder Saturday, has not been recovered
Police had to be called in to subdue a 22-pound house cat that trapped its owners inside their bedroom after attacking their baby
Tenn. Trooper Lowell Russell hopes the surgery will enable him to get back on the job
The Internet can be a great resource from which you may gain knowledge, but you cannot replace top-quality real-world firearms training
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