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From grappling to weapon retention, this year’s “What Cops Want” survey responses reveal what skills officers say are missing and how training programs can evolve
Swatting is a rising threat that endangers lives, strains emergency services and demands a coordinated response
Foreign-directed terrorism is no longer hypothetical — here’s what law enforcement must do to prepare for coordinated, high-impact attacks
Chief: “They immediately switched gears ... they went from trying to find this guy to trying to save his life. They didn’t care that he was a felon. He was just a human being”
Mayor Andre Dickens said the city has pledged to enact certain environmental protections after consulting with a “community advisory committee”
The company received feedback from officers when developing the shield to meet real-world requirements for routine deployment
More than the use of a spotlight, what the officer didn’t do weighed against creating a detention
Volunteers smoked or consumed marijuana while police observed their reactions so that authorities could analyze how cannabis impairs drivers
Police arrested six people last weekend for domestic terrorism and said unspecified “explosives” were recovered during a protest
The Folds of Honor scholarships are awarded yearly to the spouse and/or dependents of a responder who has fallen or been catastrophically wounded
Rx and Illicit Drug Summit happens April 10-13 with sessions on public safety, illicit drugs and overdose prevention
$85M in damages was thrown out after a judge said the jury may have been influenced by outside factors such as sympathy for Lucky Phounsy’s family or anger at the sheriff’s department
Protesters threw rocks and lit fireworks in front of a skyscraper that houses the Atlanta Police Foundation
Authorities allege that Manuel Teran opened fire on a trooper helping conduct “clearing operations” in the woods near a soon-to-be training site
Portland police hired 80 new officers in the past year, but more than half of them haven’t started due to lack of training academies
A “bumper protection” boot, a nonincendiary distraction device and a less lethal side saddle
The best practice: Avoid a custodial arrest for misdemeanors not committed in the officer’s presence
Officers were conducting an operation to move people away from the planned training center when someone fired at them
This is a complicated area of law that deserves greater treatment in training curricula
The V.XI Collection offers multiple pieces of apparel constructed to work together in layering systems
The department conducted its first in-house wet lab as the DWI unit has seen a marked increase in drunken driving cases over the last two years
A seven-year veteran LEO was fired after berating a driver. Here’s how to prevent this from happening to you
The immediate CPR response from bystanders was vital to the man’s survival, the deputy said
There are moments in police history that can never be forgotten; January 12, 1998, is one of those moments
Sheriff Charmaine McGuffey said three cadets failed the fitness test over the last few years and weren’t allowed to take the written test, one of them a class valedictorian
Officer Brandon Griffith founded “Griffith Blue Heart” to help police have the capability to administer lifesaving techniques before firefighters or EMTs arrive
A citizen questions whether an officer who publicly criticizes the sheriff and his deputies could work effectively alongside them
A review of use of force issues, including the carotid restraint and other force options that have been constrained or discontinued, plus innovations and options for the future
What’s the long-term impact of Armstrong v. Pinehurst? A study indicates some agencies reacted by altering policy in such a way that may have led to increased officer-involved shootings
Lincoln University introduced its first HBCU police academy in 2021, graduating its first set of recruits six months later
The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund will be holding its Law Enforcement Officers Firearms Survival Summit on Jan. 31, 2023
Gov. Brian Kemp’s statement came after an activist claimed to set an Ore. bank on fire in solidarity with those fighting against Atlanta’s public safety training center
“All the stars aligned that day that he was in the office and not somewhere else doing other work,” Sergeant Brett Getman said
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