Search and Rescue
Can an officer follow search and seizure procedures during a wall stop? The court decides in this recent case
Factors to consider upon arrival at a vehicle fire, plus what to know about attempting an occupant rescue
There’s an old saying, what you don’t know won’t hurt you. This saying doesn’t apply here
Clifton firefighters were trapped in the Passaic River after their fireboat went over the falls
The officer grabbed the 2-year-old from the bathtub, took her into the living room and started performing CPR; The girl also had two stab wounds
“As you can see and hear in the body-worn camera footage, this was a very intense situation. I am proud of everyone involved,” Sheriff Watkins said
The woman’s 12-year-old son called 911 and gave a description of the suspect’s vehicle; Helicopter and body camera video captured the rescue
A nearby sheriff’s deputy was notified about a girl who was under water; the deputy jumped in to pull the girl out and performed CPR on the child
A Florida sheriff’s deputy and motorist are “lucky to be alive” after being sucked into a flooded drainage pipe and pulled under a four-lane highway
Once the suspect drove into the bayou, four officers went into the water after the suspect; that’s when they saw the man removing a child from the back seat
Trooper Whited and his K-9 partner Loki found the missing child barefoot in a swamp about half a mile from his home
Officer R.J. McPartland, a certified EMT, was stationed nearby when he responded to the incident. He arrived within minutes and restored the man’s pulse
The Monterey County Sheriff’s search and rescue team was able to perform a low-angle rope rescue, gain access to the man, and transport him to an ambulance
The two Tooele Police Department officers shot out the car’s back window and successfully pulled the 12-year-old girl to shore
Police conducted a warrantless search of the suspect’s property; the question before the court: Was the property abandoned?
The teens were reported missing six and a half hours after entering the water; an Ohio State Highway Patrol aviation unit located the teens around 2 a.m.
The infant was crying when officers found the car seat, rushing to pick him up. “It’s OK, it’s OK,” one of the officers who found the child said in the BWC video
Two kittens were rescued from a car engine, all while Deputy L. Janezic was still changing a tire in the same parking lot for another citizen
Marietta Officer Austin Martin spoke to the woman for almost an hour and laced his fingers through the fence with hers until she was rescued
The father and daughter were treading water for about an hour before being located with spotlights
Body-worn video captures the rescue and CPR efforts after a driver crashed into a retention pond
Courts may be open to some truly minimal “negligibly burdensome” delay
A man had fallen from the roof of the two-story building into a secured back alleyway
An Orlando firefighter pulled a Seminole County deputy from his patrol vehicle seconds before it became engulfed in flames
An Emergency Service Unit officer is lowered by rope from the floor above during an FBI raid
A team effort from several Miami-Dade officers saves the life of a young boy
This case illustrates how good police work can easily be marred by failing to secure a warrant
Video shows the car striking the highway median and crossing lanes before finally coming to a stop
West Vincent Township Police Officer John Kane said the 8-year-old boy was hanging from a rope ladder
Fresno County’s EAGLE One Search and Rescue deputies did a low-level air drop after firefighters were unable to reach the house
The phone alerted officers to the longitude and latitude of the incident
If you’ve never written an affidavit for a search warrant, now is the time to learn
Officer Michael Skinner saved the terrified chihuahua that had been treading water for over 40 minutes
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