Search and Rescue
How to leverage nontraditional resources to assist law enforcement operations
When taking custody of a prisoner from another officer or facility, immediately conduct a thorough search of the prisoner
Privacy protections under the Fourth Amendment remain a core concern to the U.S. Supreme Court
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
The 12-foot-tall Mine-Resistant Ambush Resistant vehicle has been previously deployed to extricate individuals affected by shoreline flooding
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 Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department worked with an animal rescue organization to build a pen and rescue the dogs
The man started a fire and spelled out ‘HELP’ with sticks to alert authorities he was stuck on a remote island
The close-call rescue occurred the morning after the city’s coldest day of the year
Both strip searches and visual body cavity searches incident to arrest must be supported by a reasonable suspicion the suspect is concealing contraband
Lawyer: If the $205,000 settlement is not approved by city council next week, suit will go to trial
The two officers had to pull the woman through the window as the car’s engine burned
The troopers worked in the dark and rain to pull hiker to safety, footage shows
After helping save teens during a water rescue, the LEO helped save a man from a speculated heroin overdose
Police were able to find the 77-year-old man with the help of the tech
“This male definitely tried to kill one of our officers,” officials say
The Chicago Police Department is the first owner of The HERODrag System, a victim immobilizing rescue system designed for quick, easy deployment and stabilization
Officials have set up a central hotline for anyone with information about the “Atlanta Child Murders” cases
Heat-seeking drones helped reassure searchers that they hadn’t overlooked anyone in the aftermath of the twister that killed 23 people
Ability to use the Boeing S-100 unmanned system in poor weather conditions will significantly decrease dangers to responders
The company will close after an inmate accused of killing two people escaped while being transported to a Texas jail
Police believe the killer stabbed at least five men to death from early 1974 to late 1975
When officers arrived, they pulled the man out of the water using a passerby’s dog leash
A Calif. Highway Patrol helicopter crew rescued two hikers who were stranded on the edge of a cliff
A rescue operation at Shaver Lake during a fierce winter storm turned into an all-day saga for a stranded couple and group of deputies
The responders threw the boy a rescue disc on a rope, which was used to pull him to the surface of the icy pond and hoist him onto dry land
Jayme Closs has been missing for nearly 3 months after her parents were killed in their home