Officer Safety
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Many “ordinary” citizens who populate this great nation have an inherent willingness to step in to a dangerous confrontation to save a cop’s life
Dealing with a belligerent subject who is passively resisting is a simple problem, but in no way easy
In June 1994, a mentally unstable former airman killed five people and injured 22 others, and a reckless B-52 pilot took three other airmen with him when he crashed during air show practice
William Spengler, who served 17 years in prison for manslaughter in the 1980 hammer slaying of his grandmother, set his house afire before dawn Christmas Eve
Gunman who trapped and shot the volunteer firefighters is dead; one of the slain is also a police lieutenant
The officer was struck multiple times in his vehicle but survived
The woman was killed Friday by a man who first fired shots through the windows of the church
It took an almost eleven month recovery process, but Deputy Marshal Stephen Brady is glad to be back on the job
An officer is back on desk duty and improving every day after a devastating ambush
One trooper was struck by gunfire but escaped serious injury because the shot struck his body armor
An Ariz. officer recalls saving a couple from a house fire and his recovery
One officer recounts the day serving a search warrant initiated a gun battle that killed 1, injured 5
When a quiet night on patrol quickly went south, a nervous officer acted flawlessly
As you reflect on the past 12 months and plan for the upcoming year, ask yourself life’s most powerful question
As a police officer in Aurora, Colorado — a city that is only just beginning to recover from one of the largest mass shootings in the history of the United States — the news stopped me in my tracks
A second DUI was given out Monday when a driver it a parked cruiser
What has 2012 taught you about officer safety and effectiveness?
A man is suspected of killing Cpl. David Gogian and Jeff Atherly as they responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle
An officer and employees suffered injuries that are not considered life-threatening
A sympathetic supervisor can be surprisingly easy prey for the psychopathic employee
The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has declared the Illinois ban against legally-armed citizens to be unconstitutional and I say ‘good on that’
