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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
A vehicle pursuit leads to a tragic ending — who’s responsible?
Officers can release police dogs on violent, fleeing suspects – but if a warning is feasible, skipping it can be a problem
Armed man kidnapped a woman, killed a Census Bureau guard and led police on a pursuit before an exchange of gunfire left him and an officer wounded
A look at legal issues raised by Saturday’s police shooting in South Carolina
An officer died and two suspects were arrested after a high-speed pursuit Tuesday
Police say two people have been arrested and the search is on for a third after gunfire from a vehicle damaged a patrol car
Four officers were pursuing an offender who struck two squad cars in an effort to elude police
Cops who shot a total of 137 rounds into a car in 2012 had ample reason to believe that suspects were shooting at them
Officer Michael Brelo told investigators he couldn’t remember standing on the hood and firing the final 15 rounds of a 137-shot barrage down into a windshield
17-year-old Hakeem Kuta succumbed Saturday to injuries from the fall Thursday night
The 17-year-old was shuffling backwards as police told him not to move when he fell down an air shaft
Taylor escaped before dawn Wednesday from the Jerome Combs Detention Center in Kankakee after beating a guard unconscious, stealing his uniform and driving off in his SUV
Officer who was wounded after a brief pursuit in Houston was shot in the arm by his partner
Teen who made headlines in a battle to get on a transplant waiting list died Tuesday
Later apologized for not pulling over and said he feared he would be fired if he was late for work
Official said it appeared suspect was pointing a gun at officers as he was being pursued
Family’s attorney believes gas inside the vehicle was ignited by the ECD, causing the deadly explosion
Allowing white cop to have judge decide his fate in OIS that killed 2 black suspects would be unfair because it excludes blacks from being jurors, prosecutors argued
Cell phone video captured a suspect’s attempted escape from police Wednesday during the South by Southwest Festival
Incident highlights the danger that tribal officers can face when patrolling the huge reservation — sometimes alone
At one point the motorcyclist was cornered in a dead-end street but drove right past an officer, almost clipping the patrol car’s open door
Kenosha police officer Pablo Torres returned from leave Saturday, 10 days after shooting a man who advanced on police armed with knives
A troubled winery owner chased an investor through a vineyard and shot him in the head at close range as police approached
The suspect and deputies exchanged gunfire for over an hour before the fugitive was shot
One suspected gunan died at the scene, another person was hospitalized in critical condition and two firefighters sustained minor injuries
Suspect was handcuffed and put in the front seat of a CHP SUV when the incident occurred
Some of the pot bales that suspects tossed out of an SUV during a high-speed pursuit got picked up by passing vehicles
Anchorage officer suffered broken leg after being struck by another officer’s vehicle Saturday while investigating a report of shoplifting
Troopers found 15 bags of heroin, a bag of crack-cocaine and a small amount of marijuana with the suspect