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Developing an awareness of bomb-making materials can help law enforcement officers spot trouble and call in the experts
Opioid settlement funding will continue for 11 to 18 years, and it is expected that more settlements will be forthcoming. Is your agency getting its share?
A patrol officer primer on daily rifle handling
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Try the three moves described here by a fellow LEO to build strength and avoid injury
Police said a suspect “gouged his thumb” into the deputy’s eye at least four times while the LEO tried to arrest him
Officer Kevin Crossley was a part-time officer who was working in the village of Whitesboro
Police said the video’s release was to dispel “misinformation and rumor” about the incident
Several LEOs were about to hold a briefing in the parking lot when Jonathan Bennett drove up
Officers tried to reason with the man and use a Taser to subdue him before shooting him
Officer Keith Earle, 46, died two weeks after being injured in a head-on collision while on-duty
We can’t expect legislators to know what it’s like to make the kinds of decisions they presume to govern, but a grasp of the facts is a reasonable expectation
Police fatally shot the suspect after he shot and wounded the K-9
My perception of my son as secure and healthy and strong didn’t allow me to see that he could be capable of suicide
Officer Joe Peterson wrestled with alcoholism and the stresses of life as a police officer, a sometimes combustible combination
Police said the suspect shot his wife while their three children watched
Ainsley Johnson gulped down the fingertip during a fight with a cop who was escorting him into a jail cell
Witnesses said the suspect was slashing and stabbing himself with a knife before he was shot by police
Police are trying to ID the driver who changed lanes in front of Officer Jamal Shaw and who did not remain on scene
Hundreds of police from across Connecticut and the nation gathered to honor Trooper Kevin Miller
San Angelo officers will have the protection of rifle-resistant body armor thanks to a $98,938 grant from the Criminal Justice Division of the Governor’s Office
The “Newhall Shooting” as it came to be known, was the worst day in the history of the California Highway Patrol (CHP), and a pivotal day for American LE
Dustin Hamilton left behind a note, threatening to kill civilians and police officers in San Francisco
Corporal Dale Hallman served five years with the Saluda County Sheriff’s Office
Assistant Police Chief Charles Ramirez said the video “provides insight into the erratic behavior and active resistance” by the suspect
One officer “who dealt directly with the individual on fire” is expected to be hospitalized for 10 days
Police released videos that showed Saheed Vassell thrusting a metal object into the faces of several people
44-year-old Dustin Hamilton made threats to “kill people in the city of San Francisco and any law enforcement personnel”
The officers repeatedly told Johnathan Autry to drop the gun before shooting him
Police ordered the student to drop the pipe, but he refused and charged at an officer in an alley
Four officers were treated for minor injuries following the shooting
Christopher Gatewood yelled “What are you going to do?” before officers shot him
The officer was conducting a welfare check at a home when the LEO was stabbed
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