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.
Quit “proceeded to the vicinity of” and just say where the hell you went
The threat to officer safety posed by sovereign citizens is well known. Here’s how to be safe and professional during an encounter
Oracle’s chair and CTO Larry Ellison recently predicted that “every police officer is going to be supervised at all times,” raising questions about balancing enhanced accountability with privacy concerns
Civil rights advocates say posting mugshots and written, pejorative descriptions of suspects amounts to public shaming of people who have not yet been convicted
The Bigs in Blue mentoring program connects youth with police in communities throughout the nation, building strong, trusting and long-lasting relationships
The Pelican 7600 is a dual-powered patrol light with an ideal beam in a form factor suited for police officer use
Harry Marrison attempted to exit the vehicle multiple times, even after the deputy told him to stay inside
As Salvatore Tragale approached road construction and tried to stop, one container flew off the truck bed and into the southbound lane, while the other containers spilled onto the highway
One note read, “Please help. I’m stuck in here and I don’t have my phone. Please call my boss ...”
The man used two phones to make the calls and even made calls in front of an officer who responded
The drunk driver nearly struck the officer and another citizen’s vehicle
Both security guards were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries
The other trooper’s injuries are not considered life-threatening
A new cybersecurity law would force global technology companies such as Facebook and Google to help police by unscrambling encrypted messages sent by criminals
The police union said the officer who shot and seriously wounded two dogs in a residential backyard responded properly and was in line with his training
The “Transformers” actor was arrested in a hotel lobby at 4 a.m. Saturday by the Savannah Police Department
Officers were breaking up a crowd at a park when Adolphus Washington “reached for and displayed a gun while sitting inside his vehicle, just feet away from officers”
As of June 30, homicides were trending close to 21 percent lower than in 2016, with shootings down by about 17 percent
Chief John Wiebold got out of his car in an attempt to contact the occupants of the suspected vehicle, when Erica Shales accelerated, striking Wiebold
Under a new state law that took effect July 1, Nashville and other cities must let handgun permit holders carry their guns around their bus stations and on city buses
While other cities have sworn, armed airport police officers, in Chicago, the airports are staffed by 200 armed city police officers and 300 unarmed aviation officers
Kelly Tufts says town police are OK with the sign, but some passing drivers have given offensive hand gestures
Adam Gabriel Azbill repeatedly spit, threw rocks and threatened to kill the deputy and his family before he was subdued by a K-9
One officer was injured and two police cruisers were damaged
About 17 percent of the pursuits that took place in the 12-month period beginning in October 2015 resulted in a collision
A proposal calls for a special unit of the State Highway Patrol to target violent felons on highways, collect better intelligence to aid local police and push to stop drug trafficking
On the day of the verdict, the city announced the “public will be best served” if Jeronimo Yanez were no longer an officer
The officers handcuffed Brandon Thompson in the front so he could place the ring on her finger
Eduardo Barros asked his girlfriend during the argument if she “called the sheriffs” and the device recognized that as a voice command