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A jury needed less than a day of deliberations to determine that John Hernandez Felix is guilty of first-degree murder in the 2016 shooting deaths of Officers Jose Vega and Lesley Zerebny.
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Officer Sean Doohan stepped down on April 27, less than a week after he and fellow Officer Mary Sobieski were suspended for failure to take appropriate action, officials told the New York Post.
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LAPD Captain Greg Meyer (ret.) discusses some of the mistakes that officers make when attempting to deploy a TASER, and how tactics and training can help fix those mistakes.
Read More →Mark Bessner fired the less-lethal weapon from the passenger seat of a patrol car while he and his partner chased 15-year-old Damon Grimes in August 2017.
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A team of Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies tests less-lethal weapons and restraints, even letting themselves become the targets so that they can determine effectiveness.
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“A millimeter lower and Sgt. Dane is dead,” Chitwood told the media a few hours after the shooting during a news conference less than 100 yards from where the face-off took place on State Road 44.
Read More →The bill’s main author, Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, D-San Diego, said AB 392 prevents “unnecessary deaths” by “clarifying law enforcement’s obligations.” Weber’s team said the legislation would push officers to rely on de-escalation techniques like verbal persuasion and crisis intervention methods instead of lethal force.
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Tactically trained on-scene medical support personnel can greatly reduce operational risks.
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It's important that officers know how civilians may react to a shooting attack and police response to the attack.
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NarkSafe NDA is a drug disposal solution made to enable the onsite disposal of drug evidence (20 grams or less) quickly, easily, and safely, rendering the drugs unusable.
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