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.
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AG Sessions has warned that the administration will punish communities that refuse to cooperate with efforts to find and deport immigrants in the country illegally
Xavier Jugele was one of the officers who raced to the Bataclan concert hall the night three armed men in suicide bombs stormed a show and slaughtered 90 people on Nov. 13, 2015
Fort Worth police will use the bikes for search and rescue missions
Omar Maria was sentenced to 100 years for shooting Officer Jacob Baldwin in the face during a 2014 traffic stop
Police in Connecticut’s capital city have failed to report thousands of traffic stops as required by a state law aimed to prevent racial profiling
No matter how many subjects you arrest or pursue, there will always be another
Stephen Frank Nichols pretended to help look for the fleeing suspect with the officer
Authorities closed off several blocks while SWAT searched a building where the suspect had barricaded himself inside
The two officers are in critical, but stable condition
Officers discovered the weapon while carrying out a search warrant
Officer Michael Collins attempted to arrest Luis Manual Vila when Vila began punching the officer
The man had a collection of police, fire and military headstones allegedly stolen from the cemetery across the street
Officer Iroh was deputized as an April Fools joke, but continues to help the Avondale officers with different tasks
Sheriff Peyton Grinnell is considering other topics — fraud, cyber crime and general public announcements — as a follow up to the controversial video
High-crisis incidents can overwhelm normal coping mechanisms and trigger traumatic-stress disorders for first responders
The aircraft will be deployed to provide “instant infrastructure” during times of crisis
The solicitor general dismissed 89 cases where Officers Robert McDonald and Michael Bongiovanni were a principal officer or a main witness
No matter the size of the agency, an eCitation system can be the answer to the time consuming and tedious issues that arise from a pen and paper system
The responders and the woman were taken to a hospital and treated for hypothermia; the woman later delivered her son via cesarean section
“He hit the ambulance and I closed my eyes and lost sight of the officer, and didn’t see her”
Kori Ali Muhammad shouted “Allahu Akbar,” but Police Chief Jerry Dyer said the shootings had “nothing to do with terrorism in spite of the statement he made”
Critics say the officer took Cain to the ground for merely jaywalking but the cop took Cain to the ground because of his failure to comply with lawful commands
The committee is made up of four commanders who review homicide cases in which detectives and prosecutors disagree on whether evidence is strong enough to proceed
Kori Ali Muhammad fatally shot three people after shouting “God is great” in Arabic and later told police that he hates white people
Deputy David Wade was serving an eviction notice when Nathan Aaron LeForce opened fire
The ECD was disguised as a package of cigarettes
Lori Pohanka-Kalama was injured during a search for the motorist who was swept into a creek during a storm
In an op-ed, Jeff Sessions said consent decrees “handcuff police instead of the criminals” and hurt communities
