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How does an LEO armed only with a handgun win in combat against an assailant using a rifle or shotgun, or against multiple lethal assailants?
Learning to apply this hold short of pressure also means it can be used as a tactically superior escort hold
These techniques can’t be learned through casual viewing or assimilation. They can only be learned and maintained through repetition
Officer Phillip Stevens leaned into the vehicle’s passenger window to speak with the driver when an unknown person suddenly appeared and shot at the officers
The officer’s wife suffered non-life threatening injuries after opening a package that was mailed to the officer’s home
Two officers were finishing investigative work in their patrol car when 59-year-old James C. Danforth shot at them
The names of the officers were unveiled on a special memorial tablet in the Hall of Heroes during a ceremony at police headquarters
When Deputy David Cloud tried to talk to a suspicious man, the suspect pulled out screwdriver and aggressively approached the officer
Experts say it’s hard to determine if the number of ambushes are going up or down because no one tracks shootings aimed at cops resulting in no injuries
It has been nearly two weeks since Border Patrol Agent Rogelio Martinez died
Two officers were trying to arrest a man involved in a domestic violence incident when one of the officers was struck by the device
For the first time in six years, University of Cincinnati PD officers will carry TASERs
Ronald O. Hunt, 58, has proven to be a mystery so far for investigators, who struggled to locate any relatives to let any family know that Hunt had been killed
Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard said Deputy Eric Overall “died trying to ensure that no one else would get hurt that fateful night”
Police said the gunman who took a woman hostage and fired shots from a condominium may have had mental issues
Detective Sean Suiter’s death is the talk of Baltimore, where residents are dissecting details of the case in offices, on street corners and on social media
Daniel Allen Lowell, 34, and Trista Marie Schlaefli, 32, face several charges, including homicide by vehicle
Lyrics in rapper Jamal Knox’s song include lines such as “let’s kill these cops ‘cause they don’t do us no good”
A man approached the officers’ unmarked vehicle and pointed a weapon at them, demanding they get out
Assistant Chief Robert Watts was home with his wife and three children at the time of the shooting, but no one was hurt
Dash cam footage captured a patrolman’s “ninja-like reflexes” in dodging a speeding car
The officers asked Jeremy Holmes, 19, to drop the knife more than 40 times before they fatally shot him
J.R. Stewart was killed Monday when the motorcycle he was riding was struck by a vehicle fleeing law enforcement
Andrea Rebello, 21, was fatally shot by an officer when a gunman broke into her home and used her as a human shield
Police said the officer met the teen to sell his Xbox before the juvenile pulled out a pistol and attempted to rob the cop
The suspect charged at officers with two knives
The deputy was inside her home when she heard a door being kicked Saturday morning and fired shots at an armed intruder
Police were able to catch two suspects who held up a Walgreens in Nebraska thanks to the GPS device in the pill bottle
A man suspected of stealing from a store in an Arlington mall was shot after he pulled an imitation gun on an officer
One man threw an officer to the ground, while another cop suffered a back injury when another man jumped him from behind
Delontaye Antwan Nicholas Wilson is charged with two counts of criminal mischief with damage to property
Christopher Berak, 22, faces life in prison without parole
Police in Delaware said 40-year-old Sgt. Rodney H. Bond likely died from a heart attack
