Law Enforcement News

• Timing with accuracy beats power and speed

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  How does an LEO armed only with a handgun win in combat against an assailant using a rifle or shotgun, or against multiple lethal assailants?

• Ala. police officer convicted of murder for shooting suicidal man

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  A jury found Officer William Ben Darby guilty after about two hours of deliberations, returning a verdict that left local police "in the first stages of shock"

• Video: Suspect firebombs LAPD station with Molotov cocktail

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  In the video, a man can be seen lighting a glass bottle, throwing it against the station's doors and running away from the scene

• Ga. governor set to repeal state's 1863 citizen's arrest law

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  The change will still let business owners detain suspected thieves and allows for self defense

• Texas trooper injured in crash with stolen ambulance

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  The crash occurred as authorities were pursuing the stolen rig

• Video: Fla. man steals two police cars in wild pursuit

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  The man crashed the first cruiser and jumped out into a second patrol car when officers surrounded him

• Ga. governor signs bill banning 'defund the police' efforts into law

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  The bill bars cities and counties from reducing their law enforcement budgets by more than 5% in one year, or cumulatively across five years

• Watch: NYPD cop sprints through Times Square with 4-year-old shooting victim

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  “This little girl was so strong,” said Officer Alyssa Vogel, who carried the child to safety

• 1 dead, 7 wounded in shooting at downtown Phoenix hotel

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  Investigators believe an argument escalated and resulted in multiple shooters

• Deputies' Kobe crash photos didn't violate widow's privacy, county argues

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  In a federal lawsuit, Vanessa Bryant alleges that several deputies shared 'gratuitous photos' of the fatal crash

• Police: Armed driver rams Mass. police station, is fatally shot

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  A man in an SUV smashed into the station by repeatedly ramming the front doors, police said

• How the data disproves the myth of Mayberry

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  Tracking the number of shootings of police officers demonstrates that the risk rural officers face is measurable and substantial

• Prosecutors: Capitol rioters make dubious claims about police

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  Some of those charged argue they can't be guilty of anything because police stood by, but security footage tells a different story

• Hail to hardworking cops

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  To those men and women in blue who go to work each day to bring hope to the hopeless, to save a life and maybe a soul – we honor you

• Man kills 6, then self, at Colo. birthday party shooting

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  “My heart breaks for the families who have lost someone they love,” Colorado Springs Police Chief Vince Niski said

• Police officers help capture loose zebra in Tennessee

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  At one point, officers tried to use TASERs to subdue the animal, according to reports

• Former acting Defense chief to testify on Jan. 6 response

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  The former acting Defense Secretary will likely be asked about complaints that it too long to dispatch the National Guard

• Ransomware gangs get more aggressive against LE

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  “Every police department needs to think about their threat model and that they will probably be a target at some point"

• Momma says: 8 police lessons for Mother's Day

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  A lot of what “momma says” can make you a better police officer

• Calif. deputy and hostage wounded; suspect killed

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  The deputy was interviewing a domestic violence victim when they were ambushed, police said

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