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Knowing how to defuse a situation without force is essential for effective policing. It can prevent injury to officers, the public, and the subject.
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“An unknown individual wearing an NYPD detective shield displayed from a chain around his neck was unlawfully stopping commuters from entering the transit system and attempting to detain them while identifying himself as a police officer,” police say.
Read More →Mayor-Elect Suzanne LaFrance’s new police chief appointment comes about 2 1/2 months after Mayor Dave Bronson named Bianca Cross as chief. The incoming mayor did not keep Cross in her position.
Read More →Chief John Swick, of the Middleport Police Department, is believed to be the longest-serving chief in New York. He finally retires this week, capping a career that started in 1978.
Read More →A Philadelphia officer remains in critical condition and on life support, according to police, after being shot in the neck by a man fleeing from a traffic stop Saturday.
Read More →An officer on patrol in New Haven, Connecticut, heard screams from the water and responded to find a man who police said was trying to drown his children. The officer saved both small children, and they are now recovering.
Read More →New information reveals a Seattle police officer terminated in May violated departmental policies. The Office of Police Accountability investigated claims that the officer had made race- and sex-based comments during an off-duty dispute.
Read More →At Tuesday’s ceremony, Detective Sumit Sulan received a standing ovation from fellow officers as NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban placed the medal around his neck for fatally shooting cop killer Lashawn McNeil.
Read More →"I tried my best to open up the top of the bag and this tiny little snout came through the top of the bag," Officer Glickman said. "I couldn't get the rest of it open. I took my knife, cut the bag open and that's when five more puppies came flooding out."
Read More →At approximately 1:30 p.m., Officer Shawn Paradis and Officer Matthew Monaghan were on patrol on the Mystic River on “Marine One”—the Groton PD’s patrol boat—when they received a distress call from a sailboat in the area of Fishers Island, New York.
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