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Read about pair of unconventional rookies, a gut-wrenching loss and more from this week’s news
When instructors create a safety culture and invite their students to participate actively in that culture, the chances of injury are reduced exponentially
Award-winning indie filmmaker Jason Harney’s new documentary provides the icebreaker for a discussion on priorities around police training and use of force
Neither of the deputies who were shot at were hurt
The officer wasn’t home at the time
We can learn a lot from the magnificent combination of tactics and courage shown by the Philly officers who brought a dynamic sudden assault to a successful conclusion
Taking a homeowner’s word that a house was clear after a break in could have been a fatal decision for this officer
Police Commissioner Richard Ross expressed amazement that the standoff, which began Wednesday when LEOs attempted to serve a warrant, ended with no one dead
Many officers “had to escape through windows and doors to get (away) from a barrage of bullets”
Berke M.M. Bates and H. Jay Cullen had been monitoring the “Unite the Right” rally on Aug. 12, 2017, before their helicopter crashed
Bells tolled Wednesday during a solemn CHP ceremony for an officer killed by a gunman in a freeway shootout
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Portland police are mobilizing to prevent clashes between out-of-state far-right groups and the homegrown anti-fascists who oppose them at a rally planned for Saturday
Burger King said it has fired five employees who were involved
When you hit the lights and pull over what can only be described as a heavily fortified defensive position on wheels, don’t just approach blind
Animal Control officers were called because the dog was acting aggressively and strangely
Sgt. Isaac Carrington, 43 and a 22-year veteran of the PD, was shot on Thursday
A woman who claimed to witness the shooting said the LEO was in plain clothes and that it appeared he was targeted in a robbery attempt
The inmate seized a gun from one of the troopers as they were driving the inmate back to prison from a court hearing
37 NJ LEOs have killed themselves since ’16
The fatal shooting of an off-duty LEO occurred during a two-hour series of crimes by gang members that included another attempted shooting
Gov. Andrew Cuomo scolded Mayor Bill de Blasio and the NYPD in the wake of the series of incidents
The footage has become the center of a lawsuit
The woman allegedly used the LEO’s own baton to beat him as he tried to assist her following a motorcycle crash
The book is the second in a trilogy examining actual line-of-duty events that have ended the lives of law enforcement officers in Los Angeles County
Police in an Atlanta suburb are hunting for the suspect
Civilians need to understand that these are thinly veiled attacks on law and order, not playful fun
Sixty law enforcement officers were killed in the line of duty during the first six months of 2019 – a 35% decrease over the same period last year
Event showed appreciation for the firefighters and other emergency personnel who are integral to racing safety
The announcement comes after a series of incidents of cops being doused and mocked
The city’s top cop pushed back at a police union head calling for his resignation over a series of incidents in which cops were sprayed with water
“The government is f---ing with me. I want you to shoot me,” he blurted out
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