Dave Smith: But Will They Change?
A new study's findings refute social activists' assumptions about police shootings and race.
August 14, 2019
A new study's findings refute social activists' assumptions about police shootings and race.
August 14, 2019
“Some of the guys did not have tactical experience to be, you know, on the situation. You know, as high stress as something like that is,” Morales told investigators.
June 12, 2019
In a preliminary Illinois State Police investigation released late Tuesday, witness statements showed that the officer—who was responding to a shots-fired call— "gave the armed subject (Roberson) multiple verbal commands to drop the gun and get on the ground before ultimately discharging his weapon and striking the subject."
November 14, 2018
An Oklahoma officer, who was acquitted of manslaughter charges in the fatal 2016 shooting of an unarmed subject who was high on PCP and failing to comply with lawful orders given by her and other officers, is being protested for teaching a class to fellow law enforcement professionals about what to expect if it happens to them.
August 29, 2018
Upon arrival, authorities learned that a person inside the residence may be endangering a small child and was armed. Police requested mental health officers, SWAT officers and hostage negotiators to the scene, Fletcher said.
December 14, 2015
A Washington Post report on the difficulties in quantifying the number of police shootings every year.
September 8, 2014
One man is dead after a police pursuit and shooting in the middle of a busy Atlantic City street. The shooting occurred on the 2100 block of Atlantic Avenue at around 1:00 p.m. Thursday.
March 27, 2014
The officials said that an independent investigation set to be released next week will also clear the agent, although the Florida prosecutor overseeing that probe denied Friday that he has come to a final conclusion on the shooting.
March 24, 2014
Boyd appeared to pull out knives in both hands as an officer with a dog approached him. He made what the Albuquerque Journal describes as a threatening motion toward the officer, then started to turn around away from police just before he is shot.
March 24, 2014
Phoenix police say the incident began as a police pursuit of a stolen vehicle in north Phoenix. The pursuit continued into downtown Phoenix, where the suspects pulled into an underground garage at CityScape, bailed and carjacked another vehicle.
March 18, 2014
A Burke County, N.C., man killed a U.S. Forest Service officer and the officer’s K-9 partner Wednesday during a rampage that began with the murders of the man’s father and step-mother. The suspect was killed by officers.
March 13, 2014
The man fatally shot by Sacramento police aboard a light-rail train Saturday night lunged at officers with a knife and implored them to shoot him, police said Sunday.
March 10, 2014
A Phoenix police detective wounded in a fierce shootout with a fugitive earlier this week has been released from the hospital.
March 6, 2014
The officers exchanged gunfire with 27-year-old Andrew Sizemore around 7:30 p.m. near South State Avenue and Minnesota Street. Police were acting on a tip about criminal drug activity on the city's southeast side.
March 6, 2014
A Bourbon, Mo., police officer shot and killed a man Wednesday morning after he eluded police during a pursuit, according to authorities.
March 6, 2014