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An officer working traffic witnesses a motorist running a stop sign. He activates his emergency lights and pulls the vehicle over a short distance from where the stop sign was. As the officer approaches the stopped vehicle, the motorist suddenly explodes out of the driver’s side door and opens fire with a small-caliber handgun. The distance between the two combatants is minimal, and the officer’s reaction time needs to be even shorter.
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Tulsa K-9 Officer Steve Downie was summononed to a dark alley about a mile from a fast-food restaurant that had been robbed on June 10, 1996. Officer Downie and Officer Dick Hobson began searching the alley on foot, when muzzle blasts lighted up the area. Suspect Steven Williams, 21, had engaged officers with a shotgun, firing from a darkened corner in front of a steel plate (visible on the right). Read the full story, as our "Shots Fired" feature for June. Photos are courtesy of Steve Downie.
Read More →The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division has released several dash cam videos in connection with the fatal shooting of Walter Scott in North Charleston, S.C. None shows the actual shooting. The video from the officer's dash cam shows the officer approaching Scott's car. More Here.
Read More →At least 16 officers from more than a dozen northern California agencies competed in the 10th annual Art O'Keefe Memorial Police Canine Competition Saturday in Lodi.
Read More →The man was not identified by police. Police heard from a witness that the man had been making incoherent statements and yelling about President Obama.
Read More →DPD says the wounded officer was shot in the leg and shoulder around 12:30 a.m. while confronting a suspect in a domestic shooting that wounded two people.
Read More →The suspect who was driving on a suspended license, was under the influence of alcohol and had methamphetamine in the vehicle, according to authorities.
Read More →Every tick of the clock means more victims. The faster the response, the fewer the victims.
Read More →Upon their crossing, the trackers noticed that leaves blanketing the side of a steep hill had been disturbed. Regrouping with his K-9, Pagerly gave him the search command and released him again. Jynx appeared to immediately find an odor and began moving rapidly up hill and toward Hawk Mountain Road.
Read More →A "gun fanatic" armed himself with an assault rifle and unleashed a cocaine-fueled rampage Tuesday in an Azusa, CA, neighborhood, killing one man and critically wounding two women before opening fire on officers and being fatally shot by police.
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