Major Incidents in Law Enforcement History
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Focusing on the principles on which policing was founded can give officers important direction for facing today’s challenges
NYPD has used 12-pound trigger pulls for several decades
Officer John Kline and his wife Dawn were on their third annual visit to the Route 91 country concert series Sunday night when the gunfire began
Several off-duty officers from the station had traveled to Las Vegas for the Route 91 Harvest music festival
His life is the subject of a sprawling investigation into what drove him to show up at the Mandalay Bay Hotel with guns and open fire from his 32nd floor suite
Through tears and in heart-wrenching tributes, relatives and friends are remembering the dozens of people killed
Strangers drove victims to hospitals in their own cars
The complex, carefully coordinated attacks of 9/11 have been replaced with a new kind of violence that is significantly harder to detect
Law enforcement and fire service members are among those wounded in a mass shooting at a country music festival in Las Vegas
Stephen Paddock opened fire on a country music festival from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
“Our unity cannot be shattered by evil, our bonds cannot be broken by violence,” the president said
The extremist group has a history of exaggerated or false claims
The dead included at least three off-duty police officers from various departments who were attending the concert
Attorney General Jeff Sessions could outline the changes during a Monday speech
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The documentary was played for the families of the fallen officers during the 2017 memorial service. Watch it in full below
Dallas’ chief position had been vacant since October, when Chief David Brown retired from the department
A mural erected a month ago to honor five law enforcement officers who died in a sniper attack in downtown Dallas violates city code, according to city inspectors
The investigation will go before a grand jury to decide whether there was proper use of force during the incident that culminated in the shooter being killed by an explosives-carrying robot
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She hopes her experience as a black woman whose life was saved by police at a Black Lives Matter protest helps bridge the gap
“One of the most powerful things you can do is teach people that it’s OK to be human. It’s not possible to walk through this profession and come out unscarred”
We take a look at some of the highlights from 5.11’s adventurous history
The president of the Dallas Police Association claims officers were told to avoid looking “militaristic”
At noon, church bells throughout the Orlando area were set to ring 49 times
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Willie Kennard, a former Buffalo Soldier, was quite possibly the first black lawman in Colorado
The Colt Detective Special is a revolver that was a constant companion to cops as well as robbers for over 60 years
One of the officer’s most vivid memories – and one that led him to his biggest lesson learned – occurred while standing over the bodies of the killers in the library
The painting, which shows what appears to be a pig in a police uniform, divided members of Congress for its depiction of Ferguson, Missouri
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We asked street officers and supervisors to weigh in on a number of topics – from use of force to career satisfaction
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