Sovereign Citizens
        The threat to officer safety posed by sovereign citizens is well known. Here’s how to be safe and professional during an encounter
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Sovereign citizens fancy themselves outside of the laws of the land and don’t recognize the legitimacy of the U.S. government
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Law enforcement must understand the sovereign citizen movement, and be able to identify specific components that make up the movement, in order to protect themselves. 
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        60-year-old man who shot at officers and firefighters Monday espoused anti-government views and claimed to be starting his own nation called “Doug-E-Stan”
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        The victory a rancher claimed in a government standoff with armed militiamen has served to embolden right-wing extremists and conspiracy theorists across the country
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Brent Cole, 60, was charged with two counts of attempted murder and two counts of assault with a firearm upon a peace officer
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        Man was sentenced to five years’ probation after pleading guilty to a felony conspiracy to kidnap police officers charge
    
        
    
        
    
        
    
        David Allen Brutsche pleaded guilty Monday to felony kidnapping conspiracy and could serve only one year in county jail
    
        
    
        
    
        
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