Pursuit
In an era of indictments, terminations and heightened scrutiny, officers must constantly weigh the need for apprehension against the risks to themselves, the public and their profession
Officers can release police dogs on violent, fleeing suspects – but if a warning is feasible, skipping it can be a problem
A man allegedly drove a car into pedestrians in a central square, injuring three people, then fled and was shot after being tracked down by officers
Officer Lucas Chellew was pursuing a fleeing suspect when he collided with a car
Officer Lucas F. Chellew leaves behind a wife and two children
Officials said the K-9 latched onto the officer’s thigh
The sheriff and his wife were returning home from an outing when the sheriff’s pickup hit the suspect after he jumped a wall into the northbound lanes of I-185
Police were able to track down a man responsible for a hit-and-run by following hoof prints and manure left behind by his horse
Police corralled the animal in a backyard in Jamaica, Queens, after a chase that lasted more than an hour
The driver attempted to flee but was pursued by the trooper and two bystanders, who got out of their vehicles after seeing what happened
When members of the U.S. Marshals Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force found Jacob Elijah Miller, he didn’'t quite look the same
Officers who were pursuing a suspect collided with an Uber driver
Columbus Police Officer Michael Shannon nearly lost his leg after he was shot by a fleeing suspect in 2010
Robert Carothers led police on a pursuit after threatening deputies and himself with a knife
Police said Steven Nieves accidentally shot himself in the leg when he struggled with a police sergeant taking him into custody
Police said the officer is a 25-year veteran of the department
The suspect, who turned out to have a pocket knife and a small flashlight, jumped out of a truck and took a shooting stance, aiming at officers
Police tracked down Wilfredo Garcia through his social media posts, particularly a video selfie of him racing from police
The steer led police on a two-hour pursuit around the town
The suspect fled after striking a deputy’s car then tried to drown K-9 Alex in a canal
The suspect is still at large
Three officers carried him to a waiting police van
A prosecutor ruled that Officer Anthony Holtzhauer was justified in shooting Michael Laney as he struggled with another officer, who yelled that Laney had a gun
Police pursued four carjacking suspects after they fled from a traffic stop
A shootout then began when officers caught up to the pickup they were pursuing at an intersection
The officer was in an altercation before being dragged by the suspect
The deployment of the device is to increase officer, suspect and civilian safety
“Swarming” is to use multiple attackers to target either one adversary from multiple sides at once, or to attack multiple adversarial positions at separate locations simultaneously
The suspect slipped out of his handcuffs when the officers pulled over for car trouble
Authorities say a deputy sheriff was killed in a traffic accident while searching for a suspect in the shooting death of Sgt. Debra Clayton