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Patrol

Video: Mo. Officer Saves Bridge Jumper

A Kansas City (Mo.) Police sergeant grabbed a suicidal man early Saturday before he could jump off a highway overpass. Sgt. Steven Griswold had responded to a stranded motorist call.

October 2, 2013

Technology

E-Citation: A Force Multiplier

Few advancements in law enforcement technology have had more impact nationwide than electronic citation. The technology has been on line a little more than a decade, and e-citation systems are now in use by federal, state, county, and municipal agencies. And they all sing its praises.

September 26, 2013

Special Units

Kan. Chief Made 'Take Out' Call After 32-Hour Standoff

The Wichita (Kan.) Police chief decided to end a 32-hour standoff with a suspect that involved nine different SWAT teams by telling tactical officers to "take him out."

July 14, 2013

Patrol

Radio Traffic Provides Details of Kan. Deputy's Shooting

A Sedgwick County (Kan.) Sheriff's deputy tells dispatchers he's been hit and can't see out of one eye in radio traffic from a Monday shooting that followed a high-speed pursuit.

March 13, 2013

Patrol

U.S. Supreme Court Considers Death for Sheriff's Killer

The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether a Kansas man's Fifth Amendment self-incrimination rights were violated when medical testimony was used to convict him of killing a sheriff.

February 24, 2013

Patrol

Video: Kan. Deputy Saves Trucker from Train

Sedgwick County (Kan.) Sheriff's Deputy John Scaglione is being lauded as a hero after he pulled a man out of a truck moments before it was hit by a train.

January 28, 2013

Weapons

Police Departments Face Ammo Shortages

A spike in ammunition purchases by civilians has left several police departments around the country scrambling to outfit their officers with ammunition.

January 10, 2013

Special Units

Kan. Tactical Officers Shoot, Kill Cop Killer

David Tiscareno, 22, was pronounced dead at the hospital following an end to a stand-off at 6 a.m. He was carrying a gun as he left the home when officers opened fire and killed him.

December 16, 2012

Patrol

Two Kansas Officers Fatally Shot Outside Market

Cpl. David Gogian, 50, and Officer Jeff Atherly, 29, were shot after they responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle at a central Topeka grocery store.

December 15, 2012

Patrol

Kansas Man Shoots Officer in Face, Then Kills Self

A 19-year-old man who shot at Salina, Kan., police officers Thursday evening, hitting one in the face, may have been dead for much of the six-hour standoff that followed.

October 1, 2012

Patrol

Video: Kan. Cops Cleared In Dollar Store Shooting

The Wichita (Kan.) Police Department has released surveillance video, 911 tapes, and photographs from an October robbery of a Dollar store showing a fatal officer-involved shooting of a man with a knife.

August 27, 2012

Vehicle Ops

How to Find Funding for Specialty Vehicles

The Homeland Security grants that seemed to grow on trees after 9/11 are not as plentiful as they once were. But that's not to say law enforcement agencies can't obtain grant funding for specialty vehicles. They just might need to approach it differently.

August 16, 2012