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NewsJune 14, 2023

Phoenix Area Officer Won Miss Arizona USA Pageant

Tempe Officer Candace Kanavel is a crisis intervention officer and hostage negotiator for the agency’s SWAT team.

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NewsJune 6, 2023

GA K-9 Dies in Hot Car After Air Conditioning Fails

Officers were attending scheduled active shooter training at the school around 2 p.m. when K-9 Chase was found unresponsive in the patrol vehicle by K-9 Officer Neill, Cobb County Police said.

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NewsJune 1, 2023

MS SWAT Officer Shot and Killed During Standoff, Second Officer Wounded

Brandon police Chief Wayne Dearman said the incident began about 1:45 a.m. Thursday when police received a call about a domestic incident at a home. There were two women inside, who told officers the male suspect was wearing armor and armed with a rifle.

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NewsJune 1, 2023

Police Supporters Defeat CA Bill to Severely Restrict K-9 Use

Assembly Bill 742 would have prohibited police unleashing K-9s for apprehension or crowd control except in cases of imminent threat of severe bodily harm or death, effectively making a dog bite the same level on the use-of-force continuum as deadly force.

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Articlesby David GriffithMay 31, 2023

Editorial: Thoughts on “Walk the Blue Line”

The best-selling book from James Patterson and Matt Eversmann is a collection of narratives from individual cops telling stories of what it’s like to wear a badge in contemporary America.

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NewsMay 26, 2023

NC Sheriff’s K-9 Accidentally Killed by Police Officer

Knightdale police chief Lawrence Capps said the dog was accidentally shot by one of his officers.

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NewsMay 25, 2023

IL Sheriff’s K-9 and Carjacking Suspect Killed in Shootout

Kane County Sheriff Ron Hain said the suspect got out of his car holding a handgun, at which point K9 Hudson was deployed.

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NewsMay 25, 2023

LAPD Unveils Memorial to Fallen K-9s

A ceremony honoring the service of K-9s and revealing the statue was attended by city and LAPD officials as well as LAPD K-9s and their handlers and K-9s and handlers from other area agencies.

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NewsMay 18, 2023

MA Officer Named SRO of the Year

The National Association of School Resource Officers (NASRO) announced that it will present its 2023 Floyd Ledbetter National School Resource Officer of the Year Award to Officer Peter Sutera of the Gloucester (MA) Police Department.

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NewsMay 1, 2023

2 Philly Officers Shot, Saved by Armor During Standoff

After negotiations reached an impasse, SWAT made entry. They were reportedly fired on by the suspect and two officers were hit but suffered no wounds thanks to their armor.

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