Search and Rescue
The community caretaking doctrine requires the court to balance individual privacy interests and the need for the caretaking activity
Court authorizes warrantless entries into homes and seizures of persons and firearms when officers have objectively reasonable belief public safety is in jeopardy
The trial court ruled there may not have been probable cause, but if there was not, the good faith exception applied to save the search
Drones are becoming a key tool for the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office in documenting crime scenes, finding missing people and assisting with routine problems
New rules say officers must record detainees agreeing to a search if officers are making a stop without reasonable suspicion
Tulalip Tribal Police Officer Charlie Cortez disappeared into frigid water Tuesday night
Video shows Officer Carson Howard charging into a house that was consumed by flames
Mason City police officer Duane Kemna and K-9 Kilo found the 2-year-old safe and sound
The car was already engulfed in flames when Cpl. Pheng Ly pulled the woman out by her arms
New South Wales police search for a missing person near a remote village in the Australian bush
The man had fallen off a Jet Ski, police said
Officer Travis Hoguet is being hailed a hero after he saved a 4-month-old baby boy
Officer Matt Denton was shopping at Home Depot when he jumped in to perform CPR and save a man’s life
Bodycam video shows the officers using a battering ram to break down the door of the suspect’s apartment
Officer Neraasen received the hospital’s Pediatric Life-saving Award for helping a 1-year-old girl named Miracle
Officer Bill Wise was one of the first on the scene Tuesday night
Officer Sean Peek, a 15-year veteran of the department, was later found unresponsive at his home
A 5-year-old girl thanked the officers for ‘saving Christmas’ by helping Santa’s ‘reindeer’
Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones said the drone will be valuable in recovering evidence from the water and checking to see if people are trapped in a submerged vehicle
Here’s our latest roundup of stories about cops doing good across the nation
The girl was on a small raft when a gust of wind pushed her hundreds of yards from the beach
The boaters are clinging to their overturned boat in the Gulf of Mexico when Cpl. Mitch Bollenbacher rides up
First responders rescued a 2-year-old child who remains on life support; a 15-year-old died
Detective Gilcrist will be receiving his agency’s Life Saving Award
The officer was on his way to work when he saw heavy smoke and heard dogs barking from inside the home
“I got the feeling I needed to search the subject again.”
Dashcam footage shows the officer calmly performing back thrusts to clear the baby’s airway
FLIR’s range of thermal imaging monoculars distinguish objects and people by their heat signatures, even in broad daylight
The mother says her daughter would have surely drowned if not for the officer’s quick actions
Officer Cory Radke found one dog sitting frozen on the couch, while firefighters found another under a bed
A mother on the second floor was unable to evacuate, leading her to drop her son to police officers below
A suicidal man in San Diego drove off the cliffs with his two daughters in the car, plunging into the ocean below
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