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“I’m not taking it down,” Pierce County Sheriff Keith Swank said of his post that stated his office would not hire noncitizens as deputies or corrections officers
West Bloomfield PD Chief Dale Young stated that after a 911 call reported an active shooter at Temple Israel, officers were on the scene in less than five minutes and immediately cleared the building
Police Chief Dorothy Todd stated that some residents have begun to routinely ignore traffic laws and flee from officers making stops since the COVID-19 pandemic
Video from the scene shows the man, who was holding a knife in each hand, advancing toward Buffalo Police officers, prompting the fatal shooting
The shooter, who shouted “Allahu Akbar” before opening fire at Old Dominion University had previously spent eight years in prison for attempting to aid the Islamic State
Security officers engaged the attacker after he rammed a vehicle through the building, igniting a fire inside Temple Israel in West Bloomfield
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Current and former UFC athletes will teach defensive tactics and combat techniques to FBI trainees and senior staff during a two-day event at Quantico
“I really don’t believe it is appropriate that they be there, for their own life and safety,” Trump stated
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In a surprise move, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors recently voted to allow San Francisco PD to deploy robots equipped to deliver lethal force
Argument pits First Amendment rights against Fourth Amendment reasonableness
The Amber Heard appeal can teach police officers a lot about civil litigation. Here’s a summary of the key lessons
Two Ohio police officers should be commended for saving a suspect’s life with a chest seal they purchased, but this shouldn’t be the norm or the expectation
After a wrong-way driver struck 25 LASD recruits on a training run, LE leaders and instructors should study this incident and consider changes to recruit training activities
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