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Respondents to Police1’s “What Cops Want” survey cite media portrayal and political rhetoric as key drivers of hostility. Here are four strategies to help agencies push back and rebuild trust
With 90% of “What Cops Want” survey respondents citing inexperience as a top safety risk, it’s time to turn every shift into high-impact, on-the-job training
California’s “No Secret Police Act,” introduced by Senator Scott Wiener, would make it a misdemeanor for officers to obscure their faces
Accessed too early, the hand holding the handcuffs is useless until the arrestee is in a position of control
Why officers are embracing this hands-on compliance tool
A man fired 8 rounds at a cruiser windshield in what the Leon County Sheriff’s Office called a “potential ambush”; the deputy inside survived due in part to bullet-resistant glass
One Mifflin Township officer was hit multiple times, including once in the face, and remains in critical condition at a hospital, while the other officer has since been released
Solo patrols, delayed backup and underfunding top the list of officer safety concerns in Police1’s latest ‘What Cops Want’ survey
Veteran officer’s high-visibility vest gains national backing from legacy uniform brand
Grabbing and firing an officer’s gun during arrest results in a felon in possession of firearm conviction and a 110-month prison sentence
“Come for one of us & you’ll have the full force of the NYPD coming for you,” Commissioner Jessica Tisch said while announcing the arrest of the second suspected mugger
A Calgary police pilot program is replacing nameplates with badge numbers to protect officer safety while maintaining public accountability — should others follow suit?
Both the Miami Police officer and the driver were hospitalized in the incident, which began when the driver struck the officer with his car, the department said
At one point, members of the crowd posed for selfies with a tagged LAPD cruiser; one officer required medical attention after being struck in the face with a bottle
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U.S. Marshals used the officer’s own handcuffs to arrest the suspect, who beat the 27-year-old cop unconscious as he returned home from work
Reducing personnel risk in hazardous environments: Spot’s role in high-stakes scenarios
Morrow County Deputy Daniel Sherrer, 31, was killed shortly after arriving at the scene; he joined the department in 2021
Moments before the shootout, the suspect shouted he “should have served with the f---ing Taliban,” expressing anger at the U.S. before opening fire on Fairfax County officers
Self-paced modules wrap with live July sessions to help agencies curb officer collisions and struck-by deaths
Sharonville PD deployed multiple sets of stop sticks across the interstate, eventually deflating a front tire of the suspect’s vehicle
Jurors were split in the case of former Grand Rapids PD officer Christopher Schurr, who said he acted in self-defense during fatal encounter with Patrick Lyoya
The Bradenton Police officer repeatedly instructed the 19-year-old suspect to turn off the vehicle’s engine; when he continued to refuse, the officer reached into the car to put it in park
The $5 million settlement resolves a civil suit despite DOJ and Capitol Police findings that a U.S. Capitol Police officer acted lawfully in the fatal shooting of Ashli Babbitt
As El Paso County deputies and Monument PD officers tried to enter a home with a barricaded suspect, they smelled a strong odor just before the explosion injured five officers
The Fairview Heights officer struck in the face is in critical but stable condition; gunfire struck the other officers in the arm and on a ballistic vest
The distraught suspect made vague, threatening comments before trying to grab the Clark County deputy’s gun, leading to the fatal stabbing
Two officers. Two gun grabs. Here’s what went wrong — and what you can learn
A scenario-based training reveals how drawing a weapon against an unarmed threat shapes officer decisions, tactics and outcomes
A preliminary investigation shows “the suspect fired the shot from the gun that was in his control,” after lunging and grabbing it from a Durham PD officer
The Tyler PD stated the woman was resisting arrest by thrashing and biting an officer when she grabbed the gun and pulled the trigger while it was partially inside the holster
Milpitas PD turned a standard cruiser into a mobile rescue unit to beat ambulance delays and give wounded officers a fighting chance
Officer Isabel McDonald wrote a poem to help families find comfort and closure in the words their loved ones can no longer say
A short vehicle pursuit ended in a fiery collision that injured five people, including a critically hurt woman and a 12-year-old boy
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