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Court ruled that a jury may find that participating officers used unconstitutional excessive force during the execution of the warrant
A SWAT team executed a no-knock warrant on the wrong house, resulting in the injury of an occupant and a lawsuit
The man was sentenced days after a jury found him guilty of first-degree murder in the killing of Anthony Ferguson, an 11-year-veteran of the Alamogordo Police Department
The man raised a knife at officers as he ran away; he dropped the knife when an officer pointed a gun at him and was brought to the ground and arrested shortly after
The man is suspected of killing a man with the intention of stealing his identity; he then called 911 pretending to be the victim of a bear attack before fleeing the scene
A jury found Ismael Herrera-Mondello guilty of five counts of attempted murder on a police officer, seven counts of assault on a police officer and felony evasion of police
Officer Enrique Martinez was fatally shot when a passenger in the stopped vehicle grabbed a handgun and fired at him before kicking the driver out of the car and fleeing
The man, whom officers stated smelled of gasoline, said he had a document to deliver to Congress
“All force, all violence, is ugly. And just because the force is ugly does not mean it is unlawful or contrary to policy,” Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters said
Farifax County Real Time Crime Center detectives were alerted to the video and were able identify both drivers; both were charged with racing and stopping on the highway
Brett Hankison’s lawyers argued during closing statements that the officer was acting properly “in a very tense, very chaotic environment” that lasted about 12 seconds
A Pierce County Sheriff’s sergeant persuaded the man to drop metal spikes he was holding while fleeing; when he did, deputies brought him to the ground
Dash cam footage shows the driver fleeing in the vehicle after he struck a Nashville PD cruiser, injuring an officer; he was later arrested and faces several charges
When dispatch asked her to confirm she knew she was calling 911, she said she did; she said she was hurt, but the other person wasn’t armed.
The arrests followed a $267 million funding blitz for state and local law enforcement to tackle organized retail thefts and smash-and-grab thefts
After the suspect began to choke a Sanford Police officer, another officer deployed a TASER, stopping the man’s attack
As Campbell officers approached the man, he fled, leaving behind a bag full of weapons and a hole in the roof
K-9
After a Memphis Police Department K-9 caught up with and bit the fleeing suspect, he tried to use the K-9’s chain collar to choke the dog
"[The suspect] didn’t think twice about shooting a New York City police officer in full uniform...This individual altered a police officer’s life forever,” the union president said
“As heartbroken as I was, I did my duty without fail,” said Tony Araujo, a 42-year law enforcement veteran currently serving at the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office
K-9
The inmates left the campus with the detention officer’s equipment, hiding in an abandoned vehicle until they were found by St. John’s County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Bane
Security video shows the man, wearing a fake police badge, entering a hotel room; he is accused of claiming to be an officer, handcuffing a woman inside and stealing her wallet
Pierce County deputies noticed that two cars appeared to be chasing another deputy that was pursuing a separate vehicle; a 15-year-old and a 20-year-old were apprehended
The suspect allegedly banged on the window of a Port Authority police cruiser before climbing in and trying to drive away; the officer was injured as he prevented the theft
The man was at the station when Lexington County deputies realized that he had an active warrant; when they tried to arrest him, he fled in a vehicle, striking one
K-9
After a vehicle pursuit that reached speeds of up to 100 mph, a suspect fled on foot before being taken to the ground by Tacoma police K-9 Odin
Chief Robert Tracy was leaving the event when the city’s Crime Center broadcast the license plate of a vehicle involved in a carjacking; the car was in front of Tracy, in traffic
“We are on to you, and we are coming for you. We know who you are,” San Antonio Police Chief William McManus said