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Safe Shoot modules on each shooter’s long gun automatically detect the position and barrel direction of all member devices
Arizona implemented a message to alert cops if the subject they’re approaching has a mental health court order that makes him or her prohibited from possessing a gun
Any type of physical action aimed at intimidating a police officer could be punishable by up to 4 years
The suspect somehow managed to get out of his handcuffs and pull a gun from his pants
Body-worn, on-officer cameras ensure that there is more than just one video recorded of a use-of-force incident
Your training needs to always push you to make harder decisions, thus building confidence and competence where any trace of uncertainty and mediocrity exists
Watching the carnage and the ease of the attack on a soldier in London last month further confirms that Jihadists have a favored style of terrorism — ambushing soft targets
The officer’s camera caught the same incident from a different point of view
Officer Jason Starks was seriously injured when his cruiser was hit by a sleeping driver’s car, officials say
Though it’s a practice most agencies follow, it is now required by law for departments to supply ballistic vests
One officer was hit in the arm and vest but has since recovered and is back on duty
Police in Mesa subdued and arrested a resisting suspect as an unsupportive crowd yelled to stop
In light of a recent shooting in Florida, it might be a good time to renew the concepts of the “reactionary gap”
Sheriff Cody Carpenter drowned while attempting to rescue two women who were trapped by the severe storm
Trooper Sean O’Connell’s motorcycle collided with a truck; the accident is under investigation
It was the former cop’s last stand after fleeing police on attempted murder charges
Does your ‘officer’s discretion’ allow you to use photographs — such as the three posted within this article — as teaching tools to ‘scare them straight’ during a citation stop?
The motorcycle cop is recovering after he was thrown from his bike into a windshield following a chain-reaction crash
“It adds the ability to be able to recognize targets and what you’re seeing in low-light conditions”
One officer was shot in the leg by a bullet that ricocheted during the shooting
The federal officer was not seriously injured despite being run over by a man driving a truck who’d been spotted drinking
The JPX Pepper Gun is appearing on more and more police utility belts as another method of “less-lethal force”
Police were called when a female employee began acting strangely and threatened people with a knife
The decision has caught the attention of lawmakers, police chiefs, district attorneys and law enforcement officers across the state
How the off-duty Winnebago County (Illinois) Sheriff’s Deputy singlehandedly stopped a pizza parlor robbery
An Australian police commissioner blames the defect on a lack of standards i making the dangerous product
Officers feared the woman who had called police was in immediate danger, and the suspect refused to cooperate
Police responded to a call of a possible domestic incident and the war vet raised his gun at the officers