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Police1 columnist Duane Wolfe discusses the impact sharing his experience has had on officers contemplating suicide
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
After learning he is being admitted to a psych facility, a psychiatric patient launches a violent attack on two officers
Four days later, the department-owned AR-15 had not yet been found
Police are investigating after a viral video surfaced showing the officer pepper-spraying passing motorcyclists
Officer Mark Ringgenberg and Officer Dustin Schwarze will not be charged for their roles in the death of Jamar Clark
The officer thought the man was wielding a knife, but it turned out to be a barbecue fork
Dennis Kono was arrested after a police dog deployed without a warrant in a condo building hallway smelled marijuana by his door
John’s attorney has called the allegations ‘untrue’
Similar bills failed last year amid opposition from police groups
He threw apples and branches at responders
Authorities will travel overseas to learn what happened during the attacks and subsequent investigations into terror networks
The unidentified woman made the comment while sitting at the time in the back seat of a patrol car
The company says no crashes or injuries have been reported
The FBI used the unspecified technique to access data on an iPhone used by the San Bernardino attacker
The man disrupted a House session last October by yelling he was a ‘Prophet of God’
Howard County Deputy Carl Koontz was 27 and married with an 8-month-old son
The suspect also hit himself with the bullet, just below his left arm
The officer replied he felt the same way about the sports star
The Florida man’s pit bull bit him in the buttocks and tried to bite his head
The department already uses ‘In God We Trust’ on police vehicles
The woman placed mannequins with deputies names and bullseye targets drawn on them in random locations
Los Angeles officers used a PIT maneuver to stop the suspect during the high-speed pursuit
The officer was shot last week while responding to reports of a break-in
The suspect fired at 3 officers and wounded Lt. Andy Harris
Emanuel is trying to replace Garry McCarthy, whose firing was part of a frantic effort to restore trust in the department
Trooper Jeffrey Nichols is the first state trooper to die on duty in 2016
Officer Ronald Heist worked for the county parks department after retiring from the city police force in the 1990s
The two suspects were both shot and killed
Two police officers and a prisoner they were transporting were killed early Saturday in a fiery crash
The use of spike strips can be an effective way to stop a subject, but there are key safety steps officers must follow
While running, the suspect strikes a female officer before he was taken to the ground by a state trooper
For security reasons, NYPD won’t say how many of these dogs it has to cover the nation’s largest subway system