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Stress for police officers consists of an exposure to horrific events witnessed and intervened upon while in the performance of their duties
An estimated 10 to 30 percent of first responders will have some type of traumatic stress injury during their career
Officer Kevin Brennan, 29, is expected to make a full recovery
A man wielding a meat cleaver reportedly threatened employees, lunged toward the sergeant
Officer Lauren Keilitz runs to a burning BMW parked in a driveway, yelling ‘Get out of the car!’
Ogden police officer Jared Francom, 30, died during the shootout with a suspect during a drug raid
According to a criminal complaint, a teen and his family members assaulted officers
Unsealed federal court records identify a second man in the December 2010 killing of Arizona Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry
Portland police say Canterbury had a Star Wars light saber in each hand at a Toys R Us store
Officer Bill Talbert, 64, contracted the disease after a blood transfusion, treatment for injuries sustained on duty
Defendant was shot 28 times in traffic stop after he pulled out his service Glock 9mm and started shooting
TACT is the root of both the words TACTful and TACTical, and as an acronym, TACT stands for Think, Aware, Courteous, and Tactical
Bill Adams, a licensed vendor at the event, apparently was showing his personal concealed weapon
Garry McCarthy says there are ''no arguments when you can look at a videotape’’
Lamar D. Moore, 38, left an officer, a commander and two sergeants wounded before he was shot and killed by police
At least five officers were killed last year while deploying tire deflation devices
With a sub-caliber trainer, an officer can shoot a whole day for the price of a box of bullets, with trigger time concentrating on skills drills
Training geared to deal with ex-troops who are ticking bombs
Here are 7 things you should do right now to protect yourself later, in the immediate aftermath of that potentially career-threatening event out on patrol
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jaime Zapata was killed and his colleague Victor Avila was wounded in the highway shooting
A Morgan County man charged in connection with the death of a Wartburg Police Department captain pleaded guilty to a reckless homicide charge
The list of police officers and agencies targeted by Anonymous is long
A police boat assisting in a search for a missing Congolese boy in Australia overturned off a New South Wales beach
A Mesa police officer was injured during the exchange
Deputy James Thacker, 53, died after an accident along a state highway
Officers fired on a man who wouldn’t drop a weapon resembling a crowbar or an ax
