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To survive their police career, officers should strengthen every point of the survival triangle
Doug sits down with Below 100 instructors Rod Rifredi and Kim Schlau to discuss the five tenets of the program
Here’s how the prevalence of deadly force opportunity in ordinary police experience can inform training
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration was investigating whether nitrogen overflow was a cause
The bill, dubbed the Blue Lives Matter Act of 2016, would expand the federal hate crime statute to include LEOs
The officer sustained several loose teeth, a fat lip and a bloody nose from the attack
Man came out of a house with a bat and hit the officer “multiple times in the upper body” before the officer fired at him
Former trooper killed a turnpike toll collector and a security guard at a toll plaza and then was shot dead by troopers while trying to escape
The shootout left another deputy and the suspect dead
The officer believes he shot one of the suspects who tried to rob him early Monday
The officer was treated and released from a hospital
Investigators were examining a black Dodge with a shattered window on its passenger side door
Your duty weapon can malfunction and will run out of ammo, so train and prepare for that moment – your life depends on it
At one point, the suspect put up his hands to surrender, then pulled up a gun and continued firing
Private funeral is scheduled next week for a plainclothes narcotics officer who was killed Sunday in a blue-on-blue
Investigators believe the local criminal justice system is being targeted
Officers opened fire at five suspects accused of holding up a furniture store, killing two and injuring two more
Officers claim restrictions placed on them prior to the event put them in unnecessary danger
A high-speed pursuit ensued after the gunfire exchange that left the suspect wounded
Thomas Clardy leaves behind his wife and six children
LASD’s experience with the M&P pistol reaffirms the importance of training, and confirms that software is more important than hardware in preventing discharges
In a critical incident, there is an unspecified amount of time where even the best intentioned EMTs may not be able to get to you — you are on your own
It’s been decades since Officer Gary Sommers accidentally killed his partner. Sunday, the PD from which Sommers retired asked him to return and show another cop how to navigate the guilt
Officer who died in a chaotic shootout at a station was deliberately shot by a fellow cop who did not recognize him and viewed him as a threat
Officer Matt Pearce remains in critical condition Wednesday following surgery at a Fort Worth hospital
The training will include a 360-degree virtual-reality simulator
Blacks make up 34.6 percent of city residents, with Hispanics and Latinos at 38.2 percent and whites at 39.6 percent
A spokesman said after reviewing the incident, ‘the evidence does not meet the requisites of the law’ regarding riots
The undercover officer who died, Jacai Colson, arrived at the station after the shooting began
The wounded officers are doing well after the incident
The defendants, who were 17 at the time, are charged as adults in the death of Scranton Officer John Wilding
While Officer Jacai Colson lay dying, the gunman’s two brothers coldly recorded Sunday’s firefight on their cellphones