Police News

1. Police: Man slashed in neck, officer hit by minivan in melee

   The violence erupted at a hookah bar on Long Island early Saturday

2. Calif. officer ambushed in patrol car, suspect killed

   The entire exchange, from the shots fired to the suspect’s death, lasted 17 minutes

3. NAUMD announces winners of Best Dressed Public Safety Award

   The program calls attention to the important role uniforms play in LE and public safety

4. Shortage of dispatchers prompts Maine to consider improving benefits

   A proposed bill would open up special state retirement plans that previously were available only to police, fire and EMS personnel

5. How Columbine gave rise to threat assessment teams

   While hindsight is 20/20, looking back over the last 20 years we can identify several red flags that could have been raised on the Columbine shooters

6. Roundtable: 20 years after Columbine, are our schools safer?

   Police response to school shooters has changed dramatically since Columbine, but what work remains to be done to protect our schools?

7. Keys to successful multi-jurisdictional, multi-disciplinary response

   Doug sits down with Chief Bill Harvey to discuss response to large-scale events

8. Photo of the Week: Power shift

   This week's photo comes from Officer Kyle Taylor. Taylor writes: "My wife took this picture of me after a 21-hour 'power shift.' More like a 'power through it shift.' A long night of crime-fighting followed by scheduled training and I couldn’t even get my boots off lol. At least she’s a lieutenant for our sheriff’s office jail and understands how hard...

9. Senior slugger: 65-year-old woman hits burglar with bat

   "He better be glad I didn't have a gun," Clarese Gainey said

10. Wife of wounded Orlando LEO sues apartment complex, gunman's estate

    Officer Kevin Valencia remains in a coma following the encounter