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How a Texas department enhanced officer traffic safety and accountability after two of its officers were struck and killed by passing vehicles
Taking the time to acknowledge the issues your officers are facing and talking about it openly is a step in the right direction
De-escalation is often presented as a panacea for use of force reduction, but research on the effectiveness of de-escalation techniques is limited
Hundreds of protesters are demanding answers about a fatal shooting of a man who had run naked onto a highway
Capt. Robert Melton was killed in 2016 while assisting other officers searching for suspects in a drive-by shooting
The officer was seriously injured after being stabbed multiple times while fighting off the three terrorists in the 2017 attack
The jury said Gregory Hill, who was found with a gun and was intoxicated at the time of the shooting, was 99 percent responsible for his death
Authorities said SWAT Officer Eugene Ptacek was stabilized but remains in critical condition
Officer Mark Dallas, who confronted a gunman at a high school gym, was honored by having his own day named after him
Steven Wiggins was found by a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper not far from where the shooting occurred
It is still unclear why the Tesla sedan veered and struck the police SUV which was totaled, police said
Police said the officer was shot six times
Police said Deputy Berdon Parsons was taken into custody after a 13-hour standoff that ended peacefully
Police, who released the video in response to a bystander’s viral footage of the incident, said the arrestee refused to cooperate and assaulted an officer
A man charged with providing the gun used to kill two Ohio police officers has pleaded guilty and now faces up to 10 years in prison
A woman identified as 38-year-old Erika Castro-Miles was taken into custody in connection to the deputy’s slaying
All four teens face charges of first-degree murder in the death of Officer Amy Caprio
Firefighter Justin Costa was saved by California Highway Patrol Officer Geno Cortez and another firefighter while battling a blaze at a market
A gunshot can be heard in the video of the incident as the officers approached a street corner
Wiggins is currently on the run
Hartford Police Chief David Rosado credited the three employees with saving Officer Jill Kidik’s life after she was stabbed in the throat
Days before Dawnta Harris allegedly killed Officer Amy Caprio, juvenile caseworkers recommended house arrest for the teen
Authorities said the off-duty San Antonio police officer was shot six times in a suspected road-rage incident
SRO John Barnes was wounded while confronting the gunman in the May 18 shooting at Santa Fe High School that killed 10 people
Paperwork is crucial, but there’s a reason they call it a necessary evil – it takes too much time and can keep us away from one of our most important tasks
Chief Christian Beaupere said that four other officers were wounded in the attack, one of them seriously injured with a severed femoral artery
K-9 Nero remains on restricted activity, but is eating well and building his strength back
The video images and police reports fill in some of the questions surrounding the high-profile shooting
William Allee had been ailing from leukemia for a number of years and suddenly needed to be hospitalized
The superintendent said the drop in patrol staffing has had a range of implications, from fewer cops on highways to a growing number of unanswered calls for help
The footage shows a man emerge naked from a car and dash onto a highway, where he flails erratically before running toward the officer while shouting threats
More than 1,000 people came for the funeral of the first Baltimore County policewoman killed in the line of duty
The Cambridge Police Department will replace 13 outdated body armor for their officers after getting a grant from the Spirit of Blue Foundation
