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If you can’t catch the suspect with a quick dash that lasts no more than about 20 seconds, ease off and pace yourself
Here’s how cops can protect themselves, their families and take back their privacy
By quantifying what is happening in rural places, there can be no excuse for failure to train, equip and staff rural police to modern, professional standards
After learning he is being admitted to a psych facility, a psychiatric patient launches a violent attack on two officers
The couple was charged with trafficking meth and second-degree assault after trying to flee from the trooper during a traffic stop
The Transport Kit allows officers to safely restrain detainees or prisoners
The officers were both hit in the leg after firing their weapons during the arrest.
Don’t unknowingly harbor the germs and other threats suspects might leave in your squad
“This male definitely tried to kill one of our officers,” officials say
The violence erupted at a hookah bar on Long Island early Saturday
Officer Kevin Valencia remains in a coma following the encounter
The suspect shot and wounded an off-duty Nez Perce Tribal Police officer Wednesday before being killed in a shootout
Sheriff said he wasn’t willing to continue operating a jail “that is not funded to meet the minimum standards required” or to stand by while more staffers are laid off
The officer was shot six or seven times in a shooting on April 1
The door was nearly ripped off its hinges
The officer lost consciousness and was taken to the hospital where he suffered from chlorine gas exposure
The program calls attention to the important role uniforms play in LE and public safety
The officer was released from the hospital on Sunday after being shot several times in his left leg
The deputy “played dead” after being shot, but was hit several more times
The officer was dragged on the ground behind a truck after attempting to arrest a woman for outstanding warrants
The information contained 4,000 unique records including names, job titles, phone numbers and postal addresses
The officer was responding to a disturbance in progress when he had to swerve off of the road to avoid hitting a vehicle
The officer remains in the hospital after being grazed in the left arm and shot in the left elbow during the incident
A Fla. deputy was grazed in the head with one of the suspect’s bullets during the pursuit
Prosecutors said the man drank for at least three hours prior to the crash and tested positive for drugs including fentanyl and heroin after his arrest
Officers say the reforms won’t change how they approach their jobs and could have disastrous side effects
It’s crucial to do what your attacker doesn’t expect in order to prevail in a deadly confrontation
The bullet punctured his K-9 baseball cap in two places and cut through his scalp, but the officer was not seriously injured
The suspect fired his weapon during a struggle with the officer, striking the LEO in the right calf
While the ‘FBI Miami shootout’ is best known for its influence on the development of better ammunition for law enforcement, there are other important lessons to learn
Footage shows the officer clinging to an SUV that police said traveled a mile
The five men are accused of throwing a homemade chlorine bomb at an officer and another man who had stopped to clear a street of a barricade
