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Using Patrol Vehicles for Cover

While a patrol vehicle offers some cover protection when taking fire, remain mobile and don’t stick to one piece of cover indefinitely. Dustin Mowery, of Team Wendy, shares what he teaches about using vehicles as cover.

When using a vehicle for cover, allow space between yourself and the cover to maintain your mobility.

24 Years on the Police Beat

On Aug. 29, 2025, I retired as editor of POLICE. The following is a personal and professional retrospective on more than two decades of covering your profession and its equipment and technologies.

Me in the black hoodie interviewing an industry rep about a pistol I just shot...badly on a SHOT Show range.

Kansas Officer Struck, Killed Deploying Spike Strip

“The driver, later identified as Dennis Mitchell III, 31, of Kansas City, was pursued by law enforcement. He abandoned the truck, entered another vehicle, and continued fleeing from officers,” police said.

Officer Hunter Simoncic of the Kansas City (Kansas) Police Department was killed deploying spike strips.

The Role of Forensics in Disaster Victim Identification

Heidi Sievers, of Columbia Southern University, explains disaster victim identification and how scientific work bridges critical gaps when visual recognition, one of the least reliable methods of identification, is rendered impossible by the conditions of the disaster.

Heidi Sievers, a forensics expert and Columbia Southern University professor, works with her human remains detection K-9. Dogs are often used in search and recover after a natural or man-made disaster.

Maui Officer Shot and Killed Responding to Incident at Sugar Mill

Officer Suzanne O and other Maui officers responded. Officer O was fatally shot at the scene.

Maui Police Officer Suzanne O was shot and killed responding to an incident at a sugar mill.

South Carolina Trooper Dies Days After Being Struck by Vehicle

Trooper First Class Dennis D. Ricks was in a marked patrol vehicle with blue lights activated around 2 a.m. when the crash occurred.

South Carolina Highway Patrol Trooper First Class Dennis D. Ricks was struck by a vehicle Sunday and severely injured. He died Wednesday night.

Louisiana Motor Sergeant Dies from Injuries Suffered in June “Intentional” Crash

A motor officer, Sgt. Caleb Eisworth was on his way to participate in a funeral escort when he was struck by another vehicle.

Sgt. Caleb Eisworth of the Baton Rouge Police Department died Sunday from injuries he suffered in June.

2 Pennsylvania Troopers Shot in Ambush

Two Pennsylvania troopers were ambushed by a man with a rifle Thursday. Each trooper sustained two gunshot wounds, and one, despite being shot, applied two tourniquets to his wounded fellow trooper.

Col. Christopher Paris, commissioner of Pennsylvania State Police, provides details of how the two troopers were shot.

North Carolina Officer Returns to Duty 2 Months After Being Shot

The suspect opened fire on the officers, police say. Officer Madison Sweatt was wounded.

Officer Madison Sweatt of the Monroe Police Department is welcomed back to duty. She was shot multiple times in late May.

Tennessee Officers Say Man Tried to Detonate IED During Arrest

Inside the bedroom officers found what they believed to be an IED. The officers evacuated the house and called for the Chattanooga Police Bomb Squad and ATF agents.

Officers and deputies found these suspected IEDs inside the home of a man wanted for threatening police and public officials.

NYPD Officer Killed in Manhattan Active Shooter Attack

Officer Didural Islam, 36, had served with the NYPD for three-and-a-half years, Mayor Eric Adams said. Islam was an immigrant from Bangladesh who served out of the city’s 47th Precinct.

NYPD Officer Didarul Islam was killed by an active shooter while working off duty in uniform Monday night.

Kansas Deputy Shot and Killed at Domestic

Deputies and Kansas City, Kansas, Police officers were performing a civil standby around 3:30 p.m. when a man barricaded himself inside the home and opened fire.

Wyandotte County Sheriff's Deputy Elijah Ming was killed Saturday afternoon at a domestic barricade incident.

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