Patrol Issues
The Patrol Issues topic page offers news, commentary, analysis, and tactical tips that will help prepare police officers for life on the thin blue line.
Though common and relatively simple to learn and use, tactical performance imagery can become most effective when certain approaches are utilized
Do your perceived skills and abilities match reality?
The award winners will be recognized during Police Weekend, showcasing efforts from traffic safety to comprehensive wellness initiatives
A religious freedom organization said they wanted to “make sure all members of the community felt they were on equal standing with law enforcement”
Officer Alfredo Vargas has been deemed the police department’s “official alligator wrestler”
Employees arrived to find the front door glass shattered and feces by the door
A family called 911 after feeling overcome by something, and the responders experienced the same symptoms
Gov. Andrew Cuomo directed the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee to examine the technology and questions about privacy and civil liberties its use would raise
Isys was all of 17 days old when Deputy Rick Chaeff performed CPR and revived her outside Goodie’s Good Eats in June 2010
Minneapolis police officers will be required to have their body cameras on when they respond to calls and make traffic stops
Corey Berry told officers that he was copying previous clown sightings as a prank
Rep. Raymond Dehn said officers would still have access to their guns in their cars
The younger four, only four weeks old, were unable to nurse and were becoming malnourished and dehydrated
A grand jury reviewed the shooting and found the officers’ actions were justified
Destiny Hall wanted to wait until she got to the hospital to have the baby, but Evelyn had other plans
The man can be seen in footage shouting at residents while he is bleeding profusely from his groin area before charging at a female officer
Boston ICE Field Office Director C.M. Cronen said the “ruling weakens local law enforcement agencies’ ability to protect their communities”
After the mother purchased some groceries, she did not have enough money left to buy the diapers
As officers were transporting the suspect to jail, he removed his clothes and threw them out the window
The signs have a picture of an officer with a gun in each raised hand, shooting in both directions
Police said the 40MM Abrams Airborne Mfg Inc. Less Lethal Multi-Launcher and ammunition fell out of “the insecure back hatch of a truck canopy”
The man’s body was sent to the state medical examiner’s office, precluding the harvesting of organs
Authorities say someone spray painted the slogans “Kill a Cop” and “Right to Rebel” on homes in the same area last month
Lt. D. Heath Meyer had laid stop sticks on the interstate when two troopers came up in hot pursuit
Officer Brian Murphy was struck by an apparent drunk driver while standing at the scene of a car fire
Some communities are seeing more addicts overdosing on more potent varieties of opioids than it did when its amnesty program rocketed to national notoriety
One passenger told federal prosecutors they took turns breathing through a hole and pounding on the walls to get the driver’s attention
The suspect got away and later tried to tell police he was himself a victim of a robbery
“Meet us or I will notify your PO about your shenanigans”
When the officer caught up to the F-150, he only issued a warning to the young duo
Michael Lewis was working the night shift and was out of uniform riding around the lake when he felt something strike the back of his head