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The plight of two LE professionals who both died of duty-related melanomas highlights the inequities in workplace protections afforded to those who protect both humans and our natural resources
There are moments in police history that can never be forgotten; January 12, 1998, is one of those moments
The screwdriver, which was deflected by body armor, caught the officer in the arm
It is critical that agencies conduct a formal review of all collisions
The majority of armed confrontations occur in low-light conditions. Are you training for that reality?
A lawsuit filed by a former officer in Tennessee says negligence by his superiors led to a police shooting in which he was wounded and a man was killed
The firefighter was handcuffed after yelling at troopers for breaking a car window to treat a possible OD patient, refusing the leave the scene and pushing a trooper
Our failure or refusal to ask for help when help is reasonably available can contribute to us getting hurt or killed
The move is part of a number of things the department is doing to address officer wellness in the wake of multiple LEO suicides
Suspect attacked the officer after rear-ending his SUV. The subsequent OIS sparked protests
The lawsuits accuse the county of failing to properly train dispatchers, not warning officers that errors happened and not ensuring the 911 mapping system was accurate
45-year-old Michael Blackman faces a total of four counts in Saturday’s shooting of the officer and Wednesday’s shooting of the bicyclist
The shot officer lost nearly a third of his blood despite applying a tourniquet on himself
The officer was shot Saturday morning on the South Side
Police received a tip that a suspect wanted on outstanding warrants was at a residence. When the officer arrived at the home, a gunfight ensued
NYPD detective Joe Paolillo succumbed last week at age 55 to a rare form of cancer
The attack comes as police grapple with what Police Chief Todd Axtell called a stretch of unprecedented violence in the city
Doctors who study pulmonary fibrosis are just beginning to focus on 9/11 victims as the long-term effects of exposure are emerging
The sheriff says the suspect was previously in custody, but could not be turned over to ICE due to sanctuary laws
Jaime Morales alleges the PD did not properly train members of a special response team who were called to help arrest a fugitive
A crowd of people angry they had to evacuate their burning Bronx building turned on cops
The suspect repeatedly punched the officer and took her gun
The friction surrounding Daniel Pantaleo’s firing comes amid a rash of incidents involving members of the public attacking police officers
Never assume that if a K-9 alerts, there is only one subject in the area of concern
Since the Feb. 15 shooting in which a gunman killed five employees and shot and wounded five police officers, Cebulski has been slowly on the mend
A large crowd “aggressively interfered” with the officers as they issued citations for drinking alcohol
The suspect was shot and taken into custody
The LEO responded to a report of a suspicious person Sunday when the incident occurred
