Body Camera
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The man who killed Lorain PD Officer Phillip Wagner and wounded Officers Peter Gale and Brent Payne was acting alone and had brought a stockpile of weapons
Video shows a truck stopped in a crosswalk before the tires squeal, filling the intersection with smoke; the truck lurched forward as Bradenton PD officers moved out of the way
Oakley, a Staffordshire Terrier, raced through the smoke-filled home and sat right by his leash before Aurora PD officers led him to safety
The man, who was spotted carrying multiple pairs of jeans, injured himself while resisting; when he was taken to a hospital, he tried to flee again before being taken into custody
Miami Beach Police officers spent several minutes de-escalating the situation before the suspect headbutted one officer, requiring stitches
The boys, 12 and 13, allegedly broke into the school twice, targeting the school’s media center and shattering glass doors, overturning tables and shredding books
Officers said that the forest was so thick that they had to crawl on their hands and knees at times to reach the woman
The suspect fired multiple shots at the Bay County Sheriff’s deputy after the deputy asked him to take off a shotgun he had strapped to his shoulder
The man, suspected of armed robbery, refused to show his hands; Boise Police officers fired shots when he emerged from his hiding spot holding the stick
Officers found the man as he was fleeing the scene of a double shooting; he has since pleaded guilty to two counts of murder
Video shows Peoria PD officers speaking with a suspect and instructing him to put down a bat; as the officers approached him, the man jumped up and hit an officer with the bat
The Keansburg Police Department officers, who were first to arrive on the scene, coaxed three children to jump from the windows and got them to safety
The incident captured on footage from the Stonington PD officer occurred just after the driver reversed into a pedestrian, injuring them
During jail transport, the suspect slipped out of foot restraints, kicked a Wagoner County deputy in the head and attempted to steer the cruiser with his feet
The Lake Wales Police officer and K-9 Bolo became entangled with a suspect’s door during a traffic stop; the suspect fled, striking and dragging the officer and Bolo
The man was suspected of credit card fraud, according to the Tallahassee Police Department
NMSP Officer Walker Eby can be seen on video reaching the family by climbing across a ladder and carrying them to safety
As Austin officers moved to arrest a suspect, the suspect pulled out a gun and pointed it at a bystander; the bystander tackled the suspect, and officers shot and killed the suspect
Indianapolis police say the man, initially found unconscious in a drive-through line, later used his car to trap an officer against a wall
Following a chaotic pursuit, the Aurora officers deployed pepper balls into the suspect vehicle to coax the man out
Special Assistant Attorney General Devon Flanagan entered a plea of “nolo contendere” to the misdemeanor charge; she also received a 6-month suspension from her position
After the suspect gained control of the Massachusetts State Police trooper’s TASER and deployed it against him, an off-duty Boston Police officer helped take the man into custody
BWC: Suspect waves machete in traffic, hits LAPD cruisers, then charges at officers before fatal OIS
Officers fatally shot the man after he waved the machete at bystanders, fled the scene in an erratic pursuit and charged at cops with the blade
The suspect, who was driving recklessly in the wrong direction, crashed into Bal Harbour and Surfside police cruisers before getting stuck in the sand on a beach
A game of Mario Kart can be seen on a screen in the back seat of the Good Samaritan’s car as he gave the Pinellas County deputy a “power-up” during a foot pursuit
The footage shows the suspect immediately sprinting at the Bridgeport Police officer when he got out of his cruiser and tried to speak with the man
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