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Court ruled that a jury may find that participating officers used unconstitutional excessive force during the execution of the warrant
A SWAT team executed a no-knock warrant on the wrong house, resulting in the injury of an occupant and a lawsuit
Former officer Amber Guyger said she mistook Botham Jean’s apartment for her own in the 2018 fatal shooting
Body camera footage of the incident was released after the man pleaded guilty to attempted murder of the Fort Wayne officer and was sentenced to 30 years in prison
After the couple was informed of their son’s charges, they pushed the officer into a wall, called her a slur, punched her in the head and took her TASER
Video shows a Jackson County Sheriff’s deputy stunning a man with a TASER after the man retrieved a weapon; the man then shot himself in the hand
Wyandotte officers wanted the woman’s name to file a basic report; but she became uncooperative, was intoxicated and had misdemeanor warrants
SWAT was called to remove the man from the crawl space, where he had reportedly been living for weeks, resulting in an hours-long standoff
“These indictments demonstrate the...determination of [LE] to identify and apprehend those who are terrorizing our communities,” said Commissioner Thomas Donlon
“Operation Bear Claw” revealed a group of four suspects submitted several different bear videos to different insurance companies
The man was sentenced days after a jury found him guilty of first-degree murder in the killing of Anthony Ferguson, an 11-year-veteran of the Alamogordo Police Department
The man raised a knife at officers as he ran away; he dropped the knife when an officer pointed a gun at him and was brought to the ground and arrested shortly after
The man is suspected of killing a man with the intention of stealing his identity; he then called 911 pretending to be the victim of a bear attack before fleeing the scene
A jury found Ismael Herrera-Mondello guilty of five counts of attempted murder on a police officer, seven counts of assault on a police officer and felony evasion of police
Officer Enrique Martinez was fatally shot when a passenger in the stopped vehicle grabbed a handgun and fired at him before kicking the driver out of the car and fleeing
The man, whom officers stated smelled of gasoline, said he had a document to deliver to Congress
“All force, all violence, is ugly. And just because the force is ugly does not mean it is unlawful or contrary to policy,” Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters said
Farifax County Real Time Crime Center detectives were alerted to the video and were able identify both drivers; both were charged with racing and stopping on the highway
Brett Hankison’s lawyers argued during closing statements that the officer was acting properly “in a very tense, very chaotic environment” that lasted about 12 seconds
A Pierce County Sheriff’s sergeant persuaded the man to drop metal spikes he was holding while fleeing; when he did, deputies brought him to the ground
Dash cam footage shows the driver fleeing in the vehicle after he struck a Nashville PD cruiser, injuring an officer; he was later arrested and faces several charges
When dispatch asked her to confirm she knew she was calling 911, she said she did; she said she was hurt, but the other person wasn’t armed.
The arrests followed a $267 million funding blitz for state and local law enforcement to tackle organized retail thefts and smash-and-grab thefts
After the suspect began to choke a Sanford Police officer, another officer deployed a TASER, stopping the man’s attack
As Campbell officers approached the man, he fled, leaving behind a bag full of weapons and a hole in the roof
After a Memphis Police Department K-9 caught up with and bit the fleeing suspect, he tried to use the K-9’s chain collar to choke the dog
"[The suspect] didn’t think twice about shooting a New York City police officer in full uniform...This individual altered a police officer’s life forever,” the union president said
“As heartbroken as I was, I did my duty without fail,” said Tony Araujo, a 42-year law enforcement veteran currently serving at the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office
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