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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 24, 2013

Mississippi Officer Killed Deploying Spike Strip

Officer Keith Crenshaw, 52, of the Eupora (Miss.) Police Department was killed Wednesday after laying down a spike strip to stop a car being pursued by law enforcement officers.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 20, 2013

IACP 2013: StopTech's Night Hawk Tire Deflation System

The Night Hawk offers an airbag-like launching system that propels a string of tire deflation sticks into a roadway, allowing the officer to remotely deploy the sticks from as far as 100 feet away.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 17, 2013

Video: Utah Woman Hit By Two Trains During Vehicle Pursuit

A woman fleeing officers in Woods Cross, Utah, drove her car into one train and was struck by another Sunday. Miraculously, she suffered only minor injuries and a broken arm.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 17, 2013

S.C. Coroner Rules TASER Not Cause of Suspect's Death

Coroner Greg Shore said Brad Evans took amphetamines less than an hour before he died and that caused his heart's rhythm to become irregular during the chase. Shore said Evans, 31, had a history of heart problems and had heart surgery before the incident.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 15, 2013

63 Cleveland Officers Suspended for Deadly Pursuit

More than 60 Cleveland police officers received suspensions for improperly joining a deadly November chase that left two unarmed suspects dead in a hail of police gunfire, Chief Michael McGrath announced Tuesday.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 14, 2013

Trio of Va. Officers Injured In Truck Pursuit

The driver of a Dodge Ram pickup rammed two Hopewell (Va.) Police cruisers and attempted to run down a third officer during a pursuit Sunday evening.

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Inside the Badge by Dean ScovilleOctober 10, 2013

The Fourth Estate and Law Enforcement's Eighth Deadly Sin

One would have thought that the news media—for all its protestations of harms incurred at the hands of police—might have adopted some form of its own Hippocratic oath by now. That it would swear to avoid putting cops and citizens in danger.

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Inside the Badge by Jon AdlerOctober 8, 2013

Video: Justified Deadly Force In D.C.

Law enforcement's use of deadly force at the end of the U.S. Capitol pursuit may not satisfy the mainstream media or other second guessers, but it was the proper response to a lethal situation.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 4, 2013

Capitol Chase Suspect Had History of Mental Illness

The dental hygienist who led police on a pursuit through the heart of Washington, D.C., on Thursday that ended in her fatal shooting by officers suffered from depression and other mental breaks.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 3, 2013

Video: U.S. Capitol Officer Injured In Pursuit, Suspect Killed

A Connecticut woman who attempted to ram her car into a White House security barrier on Thursday afternoon was shot and killed at the U.S. Capitol after a pursuit in which two law enforcement officers were injured.

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