Oklahoma Prison Escapee Charges Cop With Crowbar, Gets Shot Down [VIDEO]
An Oklahoma Department of Corrections escapee reportedly beat a homeless man over the head with a baseball bat before he met his match in an Oklahoma City police officer. When Kirk Dustin Shields charged...
Detroit to Pay $60,000 Settlement for Police Shooting Dogs
Sadly, for all of you (us) canine lovers out there, we've published more than our share of stories about cops shooting dogs over the years. Whether it's during a no-knock raid, a standard call...
Video Shows Baytown, TX Cop Shoot Suspect After She Tased Him
According to multiple reports, a Baytown, Texas cop spotted a woman he knew had outstanding warrants as he was patrolling a local apartment complex. As he tried to arrest her, she resisted.
According to KHOU,
Police...
Florida Man Opens Fire on Deputy After Argument Over Feral Cats
"This started out as as disturbance...We tell our community all the time that sometimes going out on disturbances is one of the most dangerous parts of our team's job." So says Brevard County Sheriff...
Louisville Police Department Apologizes for Shooting TV Crew With Pepperball Gun
Officer in Louisville seems to point a weapon directly at the cameraman pic.twitter.com/5QdoC2fYW5
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Protests and riots spread to cities throughout the country last night, Louisville, Kentucky among them. Seven...
Former NYPD Cop Sues New Jersey Officials Over ‘False’ Red Flag Gun Confiscation
A former New York police department sergeant has filed a $10 billion federal civil rights lawsuit against a list of law enforcement and court officials in New Jersey (MARCHISOTTO v. MALIK et al (3:20-cv-20426),...
Gun Running Redefined
Retired cop Lindsey J. Bertomen is an instructor for the Administration of Justice at Hartnell College (Panther Pride!). He also writes for officer.com on fitness. Although Bertomen steadfastly refuses to condemn any of our full-figured friends in law...
Armed Encounter: Inconvenience Store [Not Shown]
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Once again, reddit.com has published a first-person description of an armed encounter. This time we've got a cop's eye view of a late-night confrontation between a cashier and a couple of potential perps. Here's...
Toronto Officer Can Protect Herself Against Stalker. No One Else.
Good news for one unidentified Toronto police officer. She's received clearance from Toronto police chief Bill Blair to carry her service gun off duty. It seems her former supervisor, Steve Izzet (above) has (allegedly)...
Annals of Police Militarization: Evansville SWAT Raids Wrong House Over Internet ‘Threat’
Reader Enzo sends this gem:
From arstechnica.com: "The long-standing, heavily documented militarization of even small-town American police forces was always going to create problems when it met anonymous Internet threats. And so it has, again—this...
Pro Tip: Don’t Attempt an Armed Robbery at a Police Station
Even in Australia. And especially if all you're holding is a knife (or as they say down there, a noif). As dailytelegraph.com.au reports, "... a man entered the foyer of Curtin House in Beaufort...
Ohio K-9 Cop Cleared of Wrongful Dog Shoot
“Officer Gilkerson has a tremendous love for animals,” Chief Whitehead told toledoblade.com. “At no point in our careers as officers do we hope to pull a firearm and have to shoot anyone or anything....