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BREAKING NEWS
After a Kalamazoo officer caught the baby, fire crews were able to use ladders to rescue the mother
Interim Los Angeles Police Chief Dominic Choi ruled that an LAPD officer did not use reasonable force when he shot a man as he woke up in a vehicle and reached for a handgun
“Please keep the men and women of the FCSO, and specifically K-9 Deputy Holmes, in your prayers as we mourn the loss of K-9 Watson,” the Fremont Sheriff’s Office stated
Ferguson Officer Travis “TJ” Brown sustained a head injury on Aug. 9 when a protester tackled him to the ground
Video shows the 17-year-old suspect losing control while trying to pass another vehicle in the median, causing the vehicle to overturn and land on its roof
Jared Tuia alleged he had been passed over for promotions in favor of less qualified candidates and told that he could achieve more “somewhere other than the [Anchorage] PD”
Chief Robert Tracy was leaving the event when the city’s Crime Center broadcast the license plate of a vehicle involved in a carjacking; the car was in front of Tracy, in traffic
The man can be heard refusing to provide identification and ordered the trooper not to come near him; when the trooper grabbed his arm, he started to attack him with a knife
I did not have the luxury to wait to see a gun,” the officer testified. “We are trained that hands are going to harm you and hands are what are going to kill you”
TRENDING NEWS
COLUMNISTS & EXPERTS
As demonstrations increasingly unfold outside synagogues, mosques and churches, the distinction between protest and intimidation is becoming harder to ignore
A bill targeting easily converted pistols could affect future sales of older Glock models, raising concerns among active and retired law enforcement officers
A Riverside case involving disabled veteran plates touches on police discipline, military service, due process and public perception
A shooting outside the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shows how fast a high-profile event can turn into a critical incident — and what officers must do to be ready
Officers’ alleged ICE welfare check at schools reveals confusion over 287(g) and local authority limits
A viral video raises a bigger question for police leaders: How do warning signs of bias go unaddressed — and what should agencies do now?
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