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For Officer Kris Lavoie of the Ontario (Calif.) Police Department, Super Bowl Sunday 2002 would prove to be a busy one. But not in the way that most Americans enjoy. For Lavoie had no idea just how busy. Or just how much he would feel like a real "gladiator" before the day was over.
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I wish to share with the reader a police traffic stop that almost ended in tragedy. It is a lesson in human nature and a training reminder for those in law enforcement who have exercised a police option called "officer's discretion" — giving an offender a break.
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A Canton (Ohio) Police officer is now under investigation for his conduct at a traffic stop during which he verbally threatened a concealed-carry permit holder. The 17-minute video recorded on the cruiser's dash cam has been posted to YouTube by Ohioans for Concealed Carry.
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A Clayton County (Ga.) Sheriff's deputy was killed by a two-time felon during a traffic stop late Wednesday. Deputy Richard "Rick" Jerome Daly was a 25-year law enforcement veteran.
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The Rochester (N.Y.) Police Department has begun an internal probe of an officer's arrest of a woman who videotaped officers questing a subject from her front yard.
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Seattle Police Chief John Diaz suspended three patrol officers for using "gutter language" during a traffic stop with two suspected gang members. The chief handed out 20 days without pay to two officers and 15 days without pay to the third.
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In cruiser-cam video released to television station WSAV, Effingham County Sheriff's Investigator Jeremy Scott is seen running around to the driver's side of the subject's vehicle and punching Bernard Wallace in the face, knocking him backward.
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About the last thing I like to do is make t-stops during bad weather. Nonetheless, it's the job. And here's a story of why we need to remain vigilant even when it's awful outside.
Read More →After Lt. Brian Addington saw Jones run a stop sign in his gold Cadillac, the officer pursued him to a parking lot, where Jones struck a retaining wall. He then exited the vehicle and began firing at the officer.
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The gear and training employed by officers is much different today, partly as a result of the FBI Miami shootout. There have been other game-changing gunfights in the last quarter century. The following article examines each of them and how they changed your tactics, procedures, and policies.
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