Louisiana Agency Facing Officer Shortage

The Baton Rouge (La.) Police Department is expected to reach a shortage of 81 patrol officers by the summer that has prompted Chief Charles Mondrick to ask city leaders for funding to train 32 cadets.

Mike Durant

Richard Kieffer-Adrian

NLEOMF Honors Awardees at Annual Chairman's Gala During National Police Week

The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund has announced that Charles H. Ramsey is the recipient of its Lifetime Achievement Award and CBS television show 'Blue Bloods' is the recipient of its Excellence in Media Award.

Shots Fired: Bloomfield, Vermont 08/19/1997

New Hampshire State Trooper Charles West halted a town's troubled resident who had killed two officers and a newspaper editor during a murderous rampage while armed with an AR-15 and ballistic vest.

Pa. Cop Ambushed by Fugitive who Threatened Police

Lower Burrell (Pa.) Police Patrolman Derek Kotecki was shot and killed at a Dairy Queen restaurant Wednesday evening as police tried to arrest a wanted fugitive. Officer Kotecki, 40, was an 18-year veteran and the department's K-9 officer.

Six More New Orleans Officers Indicted In Katrina Cover-ups

The indictment charges four officers in connection with the shootings, and charges those four officers and two supervisors with helping to obstruct justice during the subsequent investigations. The four officers charged with killing civilians could face life in prison or the death penalty.

Leischen Stelter

Video: Civilians Help Missouri Trooper in Fight on Interstate

“That guy was just fighting and screaming, fighting and screaming, he just kept resisting, kept resisting, kept resisting,” said Charles Barney, a good Samaritan who along with an unidentified woman helped Trooper Ryun.