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Consider these tips to update tactical team training and procedures for barricaded suspects and hostage rescue operations in your jurisdiction
They are meant for daily and critical decision-making and apply to officers, supervisors and managers in patrol and special operations
Incident videos help responders identify the physical and behavioral cues of a severe behavioral emergency that may or may not have a criminal component
Officials say officers issued summonses to nearly a dozen people at a large Orthodox Jewish funeral, the second to be held this week against social distancing guidelines
“What is so frustrating to me is that so many people would still choose to gather. This is still a pandemic and people’s lives are put in danger when people gather”
The Disaster Responder Assets Network will host confidential Zoom sessions led by front-line responders trained in peer support
If a law enforcement officer acts on a court order to collect debt or perform evictions, they can be held in contempt and jailed indefinitely
The request comes after Monroe County received $140 million in federal aid for COVID-19 response
Sheriff Christopher Schmaling said his department will leave the investigation and enforcement of public health orders to the state health department
The suspect struck Trooper Corey Adam’s patrol vehicle as Adam and other troopers assisted at the scene of a single-car crash
Because medically-approved masks can’t be safely worn over facial hair, officers who can’t shave were placed on health and safety leave
Members of the union will receive a temporary 2% pay increase for time worked on active duty from March 1 to June 30
The unidentified officer was struck by a passing vehicle while assisting at the scene of another crash
The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office created a special investigative unit to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 among personnel and inmates
Chief Shawn Ladd said he will not enforce any parts of the governor’s statewide COVID-19 executive order that are unconstitutional
The man wounded officers in two separate shootings, then barricaded himself inside a home and set it on fire
A lack of protective gear was cited by the officers as an ongoing problem
Sonia Munoz, 38, a custody assistant at the Twin Towers jail in L.A., says she fears for her family’s safety once she leaves her desk job and returns to the line
A hidden armed subject could have turned a vehicle search into an ambush
Deputy John Andrew Rhoden, 31, was struck by an 18-wheeler while attempting to lay a spike strip
The Coronavirus Frontline Workers Fair Pay Act would provide retroactive and ongoing hazard pay
The recognition would trigger insurance and worker’s compensation benefits
While crime nationwide has fallen by 25% during virus shutdown measures, reports of domestic violence increased by 5%
The suspect approached an officer sitting in an unmarked vehicle, threw the explosive and fled
Instead of enforcing the ‘draconian’ order with citations or fines, officers and deputies will offer violators a mask
The public health initiative drew concerns about privacy invasion, despite reassurances the drone does not use facial recognition or collect private data
Nearly 300 Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office personnel have been receiving time-and-a-half for the last two weeks
City leaders asked police and other first responders to take a pay cut to offset COVID-19-related budget shortfalls
The city, which implemented hazard pay for essential employees in early April, has voted to terminate the program in response to the reopening of the state economy
The video shows the suspect advancing on police officers with a baseball bat and not complying with orders to stop
The suspect instigated a high-speed pursuit before officers deployed a spike system to stop his vehicle
Two sheriffs said the order violates citizen’s First Amendment rights and will not be enforced despite state officials’ statements that sheriffs don’t have the authority to go against the order
A Texas judge ordered residents to cover their faces in public, prompting a police union response condemning the decision
