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Police departments must prepare to use proven team tactics for crowd control to ensure demonstrations remain peaceful and lawful assemblies
A pivotal 2020 case examines how TASER logs and video footage can impact an ongoing debate surrounding police use of force
Be cognizant of what is working – and what is not – and be flexible enough to change tactics quickly as needed
Deputy Austin Derek Aldridge, 25, was responding to a domestic violence call
‘I got lucky that day that he decided to toss the gun instead of lying in wait with the gun drawn on me as I stepped through the gate.’
Officer Matt Larsh believes it’s a miracle he got a second chance at life
FOP president John Catanzara rebuked the mayor, saying that the city’s policy of canceling days off is unsustainable
The officers were completing paperwork when a driver rammed their cruiser, trapping the officers inside
The suspect was changing out of civilian clothes when he shot 21-year-old Officer Jeremiah Story
A disturbing attack in Vermont, an officer reflects on the Surfside tragedy and more from this week’s news
The suspect reportedly drove to a domestic violence call and asked, “Where’s the old man that’s going to shoot someone?”
“They don’t have a scenario at the academy where we practice this one,” said Capt. Matt Daley
Photos showed significant damage to the trooper’s vehicle
The 37-year-old suspect had just been arrested by deputies
Officers will now be stationed within sight of one another
Critics say George Gascón’s policies led to a shorter sentence for a felon who later killed two police officers
Deputies found illegal explosives and firearms in the suspects’ vehicle and on their “remote sovereign citizen compound”
Officers can only pursue if there “is a valid law enforcement need to detain the person” that outweighs the dangers of pursuit
Officers were responding to a report of a domestic incident
Officers were responding to reports of a large group causing vandalism
A new law barring sales of “bullet-resistant soft body armor” to most non-law enforcement has confused retailers
Several hundred people had gathered for a music event promoted on social media
A murder suspect missed two police officers after firing his handgun through their windshield
The gunman killed the El Monte police officers seconds after they entered a motel room
Arianna Reyes-Gomez, 31, was fatally stabbed eight times in her Bronx apartment
Officers were in an unmarked cruiser when they tried to pull over the suspect
How agencies can build morale to positively impact retention, job satisfaction and more.
While respondents are troubled with rising crime, they are not anti-police, researchers said
The GAL Versatile Protective Suit can reduce trauma by up to 95%, the company says
The sheriff’s office says a suspect once joked about putting a tracker on a deputy’s truck
A CHP officer is in critical but stable condition after he was shot during a traffic stop on Monday
The gunman was on probation for a gun possession offense when he fatally shot two officers, records show
