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After a wrong-way driver struck 25 LASD recruits on a training run, LE leaders and instructors should study this incident and consider changes to recruit training activities
To better inform policies regarding the training and use of VNRs by law enforcement, emergency medicine doctors published their latest research
How policy, training and tactics are evolving to address these volatile situations
Radio traffic of responding units contributes to confusion and delay after an OIS during which two police officers are shot
The 23-year-veteran of the Biloxi force had been planning to retire this year
“We don’t know how [the officer] was shot, but she was not shot by the suspect,” the department’s spokesman said
Body camera footage shows the truck accelerating and the trooper groaning in pain
The officer suffered severe head trauma in a two-car crash on his way to work
The mayor’s SUV collided with the LEO after being struck by another car, sending the officer flying into a fountain
Edged-weapon assaults are unpredictable, dynamic and deadly dangerous
Police are searching for a 48-year-old man who kicked an officer during a foot pursuit, breaking the LEO’s leg
A man shot and critically wounded a LEO who attempted to arrest him on gun charges, then killed his father and shot another LEO before killing himself in a standoff
The officer suffered broken ribs and crushing injuries to internal organs after a suspect ran her over with a stolen Jeep
Police1 columnist Duane Wolfe discusses the impact sharing his experience has had on officers contemplating suicide
The LEO alleged Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson was negligent for organizing and leading the Baton Rouge protestors to illegally block a public highway
The officer was stabbed in the neck just steps from police headquarters
From 2008 to 2017, more than half a million LEOs were assaulted—most by people using personal weapons. This trend points toward the need for safer contact and interview techniques
The unusual tactics come during a three-week statewide crackdown on distracted driving
Three officers and 11 firefighters are among 37 people hospitalized due to an ammonia leak from containers a tractor was pulling into the area
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
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