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Articlesby Dean ScovilleJune 14, 2013

Shots Fired: Carbondale, Illinois 01/29/2007

When Officer John Doogan and his partner arrived at the cottage house on Beveridge Street, all they knew was that it was a domestic call and that such calls took all shapes and forms. Neither officer knew just how out of control things had gotten before their arrival and how bad things were about to get.

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Articlesby David GriffithJune 7, 2013

Va. Officer Saves Family from Armed Jealous Ex-Boyfriend

Officer Joe Young protected a family from a man recently released from jail who threatened his ex-girlfriend because she had a new boyfriend. Young was forced to shoot the man, who took his own life.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 16, 2013

Video: Calif. Cops TASER Domestic Suspect In Home

Cotati (Calif.) Police officers entered the home of a military veteran after a neighbor called 911 Friday to report a domestic dispute. The veteran released his video of the episode that he says shows police improperly entered his home.

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Videosby Staff WriterMay 16, 2013

Calif. Cops TASER Domestic Suspect In Home

Cotati (Calif.) Police officers entered the home of a military veteran after a neighbor called 911 to report a domestic dispute. James Wood recorded the encounter, which he claims was improper. Read the full story here.

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Articlesby Dean ScovilleMay 15, 2013

Shots Fired: San Dimas, California 06/20/1989

Belmontez raised the knife and charged at the officers with rapid steps. That the man had a wooden leg had already been made known to Brown. What he didn't expect was that the 250-pound man had long ago become accustomed to walking with it.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 26, 2013

Teen Strikes Cop's Car To Escape Kidnapper

A female juvenile being forced to drive from New Jersey to Philadelphia crashed into a marked unit parked on the Ben Franklin Bridge, which led to the arrest of the suspected kidnapper.

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Inside the Badge by Paul ClintonMarch 21, 2013

Alaska's Village Public Safety Officers

To help keep the peace in Alaska's tiny indigenous villages, the state deputizes rural peace officers known as village public safety officers, or VPSOs.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 20, 2013

Alaskan Village Safety Officer Shot, Killed

A village public safety officer (VPSO) in Alaska was shot and killed as he attempted to flee from a suspect who gunned him down with a rifle.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 19, 2013

N.M. Cop Struck By Ricochet While Investigating Theft

A rookie Albuquerque police officer was struck in the back by a ricocheting .45-caliber bullet Sunday evening during a theft investigation.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 18, 2013

Ind. Man Gets 40 Years for Firing at Trooper

A Circuit Court judge has sentenced 20-year-old Zachary Buza to 40 years in prison for shooting at an Indiana State Police trooper from the window of a Rosedale home following a domestic dispute in July 2012.

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