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Following an officer-involved shooting that left a 13-year-old boy dead, elected leaders like Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther should work to educate citizens about complying with police commands
This integrative therapeutic approach can help a police officer who has experienced a traumatic event find a way to deal with distressing memories
Taking note of early signs and providing realistic interventions is critical to preventing future suicides
Five police officers were attacked while trying to raid the suspect’s home as witnesses filmed
A second officer exchanged gunfire with the suspect and fatally shot him
Obed Jipmou is facing two counts of impersonating a police officer
The Memphis (Tenn.) aviation unit’s budget has hovered around $550,000 a year, but during two years which have included grounded birds, little more than half of the funds were actually spent
Lisa Hernandez, a parolee injured two officers when she tried to ram her way out of arrest
Injured officers fled while onlookers did nothing to help after a pit bull attacked them
A day after the shooting inside a Buffalo home, Police Commissioner Daniel Derenda told reporters the incident “became a life or death situation for the officers”
The suspect in the shooting, Marcus Madison, had barricaded himself in a home overnight
Charlotte will add thousands of police from outside departments and spend millions on training, equipment, and temporary barriers
Investigators say 28-year-old Jermal Ponds also had a loaded handgun and a 12-inch bayonet when he was arrested
Videotape is merely a two-dimensional record of a three-dimensional event viewed from one vantage point, yet one ‘activist’ seems to believe it’s all he needs in order to know ‘what happened’
The release coincides with the filing of a federal lawsuit against the City of New Brunswick and Middlesex County by the attorneys representing Victor Rodriguez
A report by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service studied the cases of 46,734 illegal immigrants.
The murder of a beloved officer brought fear, violence and upon killer’s release, loss of faith in the criminal justice system
Despite being wounded, officer was able radio a description of the suspect
A Fortville officer was shot in the head and wrist in what police described as one of two ambush-style attacks on officers
After an overnight lockdown of the city of Pendleton, the shooting suspect was found dead
An officer was chasing a robbery suspect when the man started firing, unprovoked
Investigator says man was hit twice by a bullet in his hip, and a fatal one in his chest
Anthony Hayne pleaded to all three counts against him and hopes to get leniency in return for his testimony
Chief: ‘This is a time where we need to come together as a police department and support each other’
A second burglar fled from the house, but was apprehended later Monday after driving off in the officer’s car
Let’s look at a number of factors that may have put this particular attacker at such an advantage that almost no spontaneous resistance could be effective
