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“[The officers’] decisive actions and commitment to protecting the lives of others exemplify the very best of our profession,” Clark Police Captain Miguel Acabou said
The distraught suspect made vague, threatening comments before trying to grab the Clark County deputy’s gun, leading to the fatal stabbing
A part of NOPD Officer Raychel Willey’s uniform was stuck on the car’s door as the vehicle began moving, pulling her along as the man fled
The man was fatally shot by San Diego SWAT officers after he led multiple units on a pursuit, during which he swerved across all lanes of a highway and fired shots while driving
The suspect was fleeing from a Fountain Valley officer when he encountered another officer seated in her cruiser; he wrestled her gun away and got into the cruiser
The man, convicted of sex crimes involving children, opened fire at officers during a traffic stop; he continued firing shots as he got out of the vehicle
One Metro Nashville officer sustained a graze wound to his leg during the shootout on a bridge
The Tyler PD stated the woman was resisting arrest by thrashing and biting an officer when she grabbed the gun and pulled the trigger while it was partially inside the holster
The suspect, a 10-time convicted felon, opened fire during a pursuit before fleeing on foot, Thurston County Sheriff Derek Sanders said
Trooper Richard Albert was approaching a vehicle he had stopped for speeding when a suspect suddenly pointed a handgun out of the window and began firing
The suspect first tried to use the drive-stun function on the Newport Beach officer’s neck, the video appears to show; he then pointed the TASER at the officer, leading to the shooting
Waterbury Police officers punctured the fleeing box truck’s tires with stop sticks before using cruisers to force the truck of the road; the suspect attempted to run but was captured
Cottonwood PD officers attempted to negotiate with the man before calling a SWAT team; officers then heard a shotgun being racked before the man emerged with a gun
Video: Woman arrested for drug possession after pet raccoon with meth pipe found in car’s front seat
“No raccoons were hurt or injured in this incident,” the Springfield Township Police Department stated
The man was involved in a physical fight when he began to threaten people with a handgun; he failed to drop the gun after being ordered to do so by Orlando PD officers
The 12-year-old was charged with having no driver’s license and racing on a roadway, and turned over to a parent; the other driver, who was 17, was arrested
The man resisted officers as they tried to serve an order of protection; as officers tried to remove a young boy, the man became physically combative and tried to strike the trooper
After officers from the Kuna PD and Ada County Sheriff’s Office stopped the man, he climbed out of his vehicle brandishing a weapon, leading to an officer-involved shooting
Shiloh Corbet, a San Diego County dispatcher, spotted the child while driving home; she called deputies, who brought the 11-year-old to safety
The man produced a firearm during a struggle with St. Louis County PD officers; when he began to pull away while still maintaining control of the gun, officers opened fire
“I will help you get through this,” a Warren PD officer can be heard saying as the man continued to resist officers’ rescue attempts
The man was captured on surveillance footage breaking into a neighbor’s home and taking a kitchen knife before the incident unfolded
An Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper stopped the driver by pinning the car to a barrier with his cruiser
Boat crews, including the Sarasota PD Marine unit, were able to safely stop the vessel after the boater was thrown overboard
Mooresville Officer Chase Pitcock was clipped while diving away from the speeding vehicle
Two Logan County deputies were walking through a yard, issuing instructions for the man to show himself, when both were suddenly struck by gunfire
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