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Officers must be extremely cautious in executing a paramedic’s request to apply pressure to a prone individual’s back and upper torso
Officer wellness goes beyond tending to mental and physical wellbeing — it is an integral part of operational functioning, just like firearms training, in-service classes and early warning systems
Police executives cannot expect to increase and retain the number of women in the ranks without meaningfully responding to sexual harassment and gender discrimination complaints
Randy Halprin was part of a gang of prisoners who fatally shot a police officer in 2000 after they escaped from prison
“The fact that an individual who shot an NYPD detective is walking the streets of our city is a slap in the face to every dedicated member of law enforcement,” a police union rep said
“I was looking right down the barrel of the gun and when I saw the barrel of that gun pointed at me, I fired a single shot from my duty weapon,” Aaron Dean said
Experts review common issues that can cause problems not only for a patrol officer but all the way up the chain of command in an agency
J. Alexander Kueng is already serving a federal sentence for violating Floyd’s civil rights
DNA from a bullet casing recovered from a homicide scene matched a DNA profile that had been mistakenly entered into the database
“Two people are dead and another injured because this violent recidivist was put back on the street,” said police union
The changes outline specific criteria for judges to determine whether defendants should be incarcerated while awaiting trial
The ruling happened just hours after a federal judge allowed the ban on the sale and transfer of high-capacity magazines to take effect this week
There will never be another one like Mills Lane
In this case, the suspect argued that, “The stop of the vehicle was improper because the officer made a mistake of law that the vehicle was stolen.”
George Loder raised concerns about data gathering by the Maine Intelligence Analysis Center, which shares information it collects with other LE agencies
Several local sheriffs have said publicly they won’t enforce Measure 114, which is scheduled to go into law Dec. 8
Under the deal, the officers agreed to participate in a misdemeanor diversion program and satisfied conditions including paying restitution
Video of the incident from the rookie officer’s body camera has been released by police
Chief Michel Moore said detectives are investigating whether the recording made last year was made illegally
The suspect, who was armed with a 13” knife, was stopped and shot by officers on his way to kill police officers at random
According to the claim, probation officials got a call about Justin Flores’ violent behavior weeks before he shot Officers Michael Paredes and Joseph Santana
PD must abide by a 14-month injunction that requires LEOs to restrict their use of tear gas, less-lethal munitions, pepper spray and long-range acoustic devices
After getting 155,730 applications from eligible essential workers, including LEOs, FFs, EMS providers and COs, lawmakers realized they would have to put more money in or slash benefits
The issue was whether a fired campus officer was eligible for arbitration from a state employment body since he didn’t work for a municipality
The state Supreme Court has denied two stays and the governor announced he would not grant clemency to Kevin Johnson
The 22-year-old brandished a knife in “a state of complete panic and self defense,” indictments showed
“It’s hard to see officers charged but it’s also what we’ve been talking about from the beginning. We need to be accountable, period,” Chief Karl Jacobson said
The exercise was designed to assess whether cadets recognize when to use nonlethal force; Timothy Rankine was the only recruit to shoot the virtual suspect
Those bringing the challenge say it hampers law-abiding gun owners from using common gun magazines for their own self-defense
Raising a Monell claim is one way plaintiffs try to get at the purse of the government agency in the role as the officer’s employer, supervisor and policy-maker
Charges against the two deputies include second-degree murder, official misconduct and criminally negligent homicide
Argument pits First Amendment rights against Fourth Amendment reasonableness
Multnomah County’s top prosecutor, Mike Schmidt, said that the shortage poses “an urgent threat to public safety”
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