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Suspect shot after gunbattle with Vt. trooper - 11/21/2008
Mo. hostage standoff ends with 2 dead - 11/17/2008
Gunman found dead after 34-hour standoff - 11/11/2008
Police in 13-hour standoff with man on ledge - 11/07/2008
Man killed in shootout with Detroit police - 11/06/2008
Man who pointed gun at officer takes 11 students hostage before surrendering - 10/31/2008
Denver cops were warned that suspect wanted police to kill him - 10/31/2008
Suspect kills himself in Denver standoff - 10/29/2008
Utah SWAT team defuses standoff - 10/18/2008
Utah firefighter said "come get me" before standoff - 10/16/2008
Remote-control deadly force decisions - 10/06/2008
Utah SWAT team saves man in dramatic rescue - 10/03/2008
SWAT shootings raise policy questions - 09/29/2008
N.C. man escapes standoff with SWAT - 09/26/2008
PoliceOne gets air support - 09/26/2008
Utah police to review deadly force in standoff - 09/26/2008
Utah police standoff ends in tragedy - 09/23/2008
Md. man who threatened officers killed - 09/11/2008
Calif. cop died trying to save 6 hostages - 09/09/2008
Ariz. bank robber takes hostages, kills self - 09/09/2008
Texas officers shot in standoff, gunman kills self - 09/09/2008
Suspect in Ill. bank standoff is dead - 09/05/2008
Maine man killed by police following standoff - 08/25/2008
Man, pregnant girlfriend charged in Md. standoff - 08/24/2008
Md. motel standoff continues, man refuses food - 08/22/2008
Suspect holds police at bay in Md. motel - 08/21/2008
L.A. man stabs SWAT officer during standoff - 08/19/2008
Police: Two killed in deadly Iowa standoff - 08/14/2008
Police wound man, end 11-hour standoff - 08/12/2008
Deputy hurt, suspect dead in Ga. standoff - 08/11/2008
SWAT team kills man, rescues daughter - 08/11/2008
Pa. rape suspect shot at police before arrest - 08/06/2008
Calif. police storm apartment after standoff - 08/02/2008
Fla. sheriff's deputy killed during standoff - 07/22/2008
Mo. firefighter dead, 2 police officers shot in ambush - 07/21/2008
7-hour Utah standoff ends peacefully - 07/16/2008
Ga. shootout kills suspect, wounds 2 cops - 07/15/2008
Nevada robbery becomes hostage crisis - 07/15/2008
Inside the Coventry hostage crisis - 07/15/2008
Fla. hostage ends up 5-hour hoax - 07/12/2008
Suspect killed in Dallas police shooting - 07/09/2008
Responding to hostage incidents - 07/08/2008
No one injured in Colo. standoff - 07/07/2008
Texas cops kill man after 2-hour standoff - 07/03/2008
Utah police kill man who took clerk hostage - 07/02/2008
2 hostages at Maine state prison released unharmed - 07/01/2008
Kansas City man kills himself after standoff - 07/01/2008
Ariz. cop saved by vest, suspect arrested - 06/30/2008
Standoff ends with one arrest, no injuries - 06/27/2008
Standoff leaves Chicago woman, gunman dead - 06/26/2008
La. police rescue baby during fatal shooting - 06/12/2008
Ex-cop fires at police, killed in standoff - 06/11/2008
Standoff ends when Ga. man kills self - 06/10/2008
Police standoff shuts down Md. highway - 06/06/2008
Las Vegas officer shot during SWAT standoff - 06/05/2008
La. police kill man in standoff over FEMA trailer - 06/04/2008
Hollister police end four hour standoff - 06/03/2008
Cross-bow shooter nabbed after standoff - 06/03/2008
Dallas police pursue bank robbers - 06/02/2008
Gunman kills himself in Ill. standoff - 05/28/2008
Philly police shoot man during standoff - 04/11/2008
Bloody standoff puzzles La. deputies - 04/08/2008
Philly bridge standoff ends in arrests - 03/28/2008
Ind. suspect in standoff fatally shot - 03/20/2008
Man fatally shot in Colo. hospital standoff - 03/18/2008
Texas police end standoff with gas - 03/14/2008
ICE agent commits suicide after standoff - 02/28/2008
Ill. police shoot man after standoff - 02/26/2008
Pa. man in standoff still on loose - 02/06/2008
PoliceOne Exclusive: 'Taking the shot' for public safety - 02/04/2008 Secure - Login Required
Standoff with heavily armed Utah man ends peacefully - 02/01/2008
11-hour Calif. gang standoff ends peacefully - 01/14/2008
Details released in Ga. standoff that left 2 officers shot - 01/06/2008
Ill. police find 11 high-powered rifles after standoff - 01/06/2008
2 Ga. officers shot in standoff; suspect found dead - 01/04/2008
Wisc. man attacks officers with ax; barricades himself in home - 12/22/2007
Five-hour Utah standoff ends safely with arrest - 12/11/2007
9 dead, 5 injured in Omaha mall shooting - 12/05/2007
Command leadership under fire: What makes the "right stuff"? - 12/05/2007
Hostage situation at Clinton's campaign HQ ends peacefully - 11/30/2007
Man surrenders in N.J. casino standoff - 11/15/2007
Utah police end 6 hour standoff peacefully - 11/14/2007
Man surrenders in N.J. casino standoff - 11/14/2007
N.C. standoff ends with suspect's suicide - 10/25/2007
Denver officer arrested after standoff - 10/22/2007
Austin officer shot in gunfight; suspect captured - 10/22/2007
Wash. standoff ends with surrender - 10/17/2007
Tex. cops in standoff with accused man - 10/14/2007
Breaking: 3 bodies found in Texas; standoff under way - 10/12/2007
Standoff in Maine ends peacefully - 10/12/2007
Philadelphia hospital standoff ends peacefully - 10/08/2007
Man fatally shot after shooting 5 at La. law firm - 10/05/2007
Shots fired at Calif. high school; student gunman captured - 09/28/2007
Fla. officer dies of gunshot wounds, 3 officers injured - 09/14/2007
Minn. police end hostage situation peacefully - 09/13/2007
Fla. police identified wrong man as suspect - 09/13/2007
N.M. police rescue baby during standoff - 09/13/2007
New Orleans SWAT arrests man after standoff - 09/12/2007
Fla. SWAT ends standoff - 09/10/2007
N.J. standoff ends when police deliver pizza - 09/09/2007
N.M. police evacuate stores after bomb threat, standoff - 09/08/2007
Former Texas officer killed in standoff with former colleagues - 09/08/2007
Ga. police storm bomb maker's apartment after standoff - 09/04/2007
Fla. officers shoot man after standoff - 08/31/2007
Ohio officer find body after standoff - 08/31/2007
Chicago police hunt for gunman after bank standoff - 08/30/2007
Ky. SWAT fatally shoot gunman after hostage standoff - 08/27/2007
Wash. SWAT arrest machete-wielding man after standoff - 08/27/2007
Utah SWAT shoot armed man after standoff - 08/20/2007
Tenn. police peacefully end standoff with gunman - 08/16/2007
Gunman kills 3 in Mo. church before surrendering - 08/13/2007
2 La. officers fatally shot during standoff - 08/10/2007
After long chase and standoff, Wisc. suspect is shot - 07/30/2007
When they come to kill the kids: The critical need for "Immediate Action Rapid Deployment" in school invasions - 07/23/2007
Ken. officer shot in his cruiser; 8-hr. standoff ensues - 07/22/2007
Standoffs tax police resources in Mo. - 07/21/2007
Wash. officer, hostage shot amid 20-hour standoff - 07/19/2007
2 Kan. officers shot responding to hostage standoff - 07/18/2007
Parolee shot by Tex. deputy after standoff - 07/17/2007
10 steps to improving your high-risk communication - 07/13/2007
Man found dead after shootout, standoff with Ga. deputies - 07/11/2007
Fla. man shoots officers, cuts hostages during standoff - 07/09/2007
Parolee shoots one, then self after standoff with Chicago police - 07/08/2007
Hostage standoff: SLC police kill armed suspect - 07/07/2007
Tex. man takes hostage after police chase - 07/05/2007
Standoff with Wash. police ends peacefully after high-speed chase - 07/01/2007
Va. man with gun surrenders after hours-long standoff - 06/29/2007
Retrospective: The 1981 take-over of the Atlanta FBI office - 06/28/2007
Ohio dad with gun provokes tense standoff - 06/28/2007
Pa. standoff ends with suicide - 06/26/2007
2 held in Ill. deputy shooting, hostage standoff - 06/22/2007
Man shoots Ill. deputy in face, takes hostages in bank - 06/21/2007
Ky. officer wounded during deadly standoff - 06/21/2007
Child dies after deadly standoff between man, Dallas police - 06/20/2007
Fla. police fatally shoot suspect after hostage standoff - 06/16/2007
Standoff ends peacefully for Ohio police - 06/11/2007
China: Hostage-taker holds 3-year-old at knifepoint - 06/07/2007
2 die in 14-hour standoff in N.Y. home - 05/29/2007
Tex. woman, 7-year-old slain before 3-hour standoff - 05/23/2007
Wisc. man claiming to have hostage arrested after 6-hour standoff - 05/23/2007
Hostage negotiations: Psychological strategies for resolving crises - 05/22/2007
Shootout that killed N.Y. trooper highlights risks that elite MRT members take - 05/13/2007
Former N.Y. police officer dead after standoff in Florida - 05/08/2007
3 deputies shot, wounded, in Miss. - 04/27/2007
Sex offender fatally shoots self during Houston stand-off - 04/27/2007
Man forces police into 16-hour standoff near U. Texas - 04/27/2007
Ill. man leaving car crash takes hostages in stand-off - 04/23/2007
Ore. police fatally shoot man who threatened infant with knife - 04/22/2007
Police: Poor Review Set Off NASA Gunman - 04/22/2007
Houston: 2 dead in NASA stand-off - 04/21/2007
The Lethal Employee - 04/20/2007
Va. woman kicks officer in head during stand-off - 04/16/2007
Police arrest man after Okla. stand-off was marred by angry crowds - 04/16/2007
10-hour Fla. hostage stand-off ends in suicide - 04/13/2007
Three shot in Detroit-area office building - 04/09/2007
Texas: Fired nursing home worker in custody after armed stand-off - 04/04/2007
Tex. police in standoff with fired worker - 04/04/2007
Maine man dead after stand-off with police over mother's shooting - 03/31/2007
Shooting suspect in standoff with Maine police - 03/30/2007
Stand-off in La. ends in suicide - 03/29/2007
Pa. man taken to hospital after standoff ends - 03/28/2007
Neb. stand-off requires diners to dash - 03/23/2007
N.Y. stand-off ends with father, son dead - 03/20/2007
Tex. stand-off ends when suspect surrenders - 03/20/2007
Ga. standoff ends; suspect shot - 03/08/2007
U.S. campus shut down after student claims to have anthrax, police say it was sugar - 02/28/2007
Police stand-off with student shuts down Mo. campus - 02/27/2007
Wis. robbery suspect arrested after 10-hour stand-off - 02/26/2007
Denver police forcing end to SWAT standoff - 02/23/2007
N.C. man shoots himself during police stand-off - 02/23/2007
N.C. man fatally shot during confrontation with SWAT - 02/21/2007
Fire erupts as Md. gunman takes over shop, fires at police - 02/20/2007
SWAT team wakes S.C. suspect after 4-hour stand-off - 02/16/2007
SLC off-duty officer shrugs off 'hero' title - 02/14/2007
Suspected kidnapping turns into shoot-out with Md. police - 02/09/2007
Ala. police capture medical center gunman - 02/05/2007
Maine neighborhood evacuated during 2-hour stand-off - 02/01/2007
Use the "L" to gain the edge in hostage rescues - 01/29/2007 Secure - Login Required
Officers arrest knife-wielding Calif. man after 3-hour stand-off - 01/26/2007
Two-hour standoff at Ill. motel ends peacefully - 01/24/2007
Indiana police search for gunman, kidnapper after 9-hour hostage situation - 01/21/2007
Stand-off with gunmen at Calif. Safeway - 01/17/2007
Fla. deputies arrest murder suspect after two-hour stand-off with SWAT - 01/16/2007
Suspect surrenders after 7 1/2 hour stand-off in Tenn. - 01/10/2007
Personal protective equipment: Terrorism & first responders - 01/05/2007
Man surrenders after two-hour standoff in Boston - 01/04/2007
30 weapons seized after standoff, 2 Minn. officers wounded - 12/28/2006
Army Reservist fatally shot by Md. police after stand-off - 12/27/2006
Fla. gunmen in deadly Christmas Eve mall shooting held without bail - 12/27/2006
Baltimore man surrenders after 7-hour stand-off - 12/21/2006
Ga. SWAT fatally shoots armed man after stand-off - 12/20/2006
Pa. man arrested after rampage, said he wanted police to "hurt me" - 12/19/2006
Neb. police fatally shoot man after 8-hour stand-off - 12/14/2006
Calif. police fatally shoot man after 32 1/2 hour stand-off - 12/11/2006
Chicago gunman believed attorney tried to steal invention for truck toilet, family says - 12/11/2006
SWAT sniper fatally shoots Chicago gunman holding hostage - 12/11/2006
Nine-hour standoff in Tex. ends in arrest - 12/01/2006
Police say gunman in deadly hostage standoff in Chicago was unpredictable - 11/25/2006
Man storms Miami Herald building with "gun"; surrenders after 2-hour standoff - 11/25/2006
Police surround Miami Herald building after reports of gunman inside - 11/24/2006
Gunman, hostage die in 23-hour Chicago standoff - 11/24/2006
Chicago police in 20+ hour standoff with hostage-taker - 11/23/2006
Time vs. opportunity in hostage rescue - 11/22/2006 Secure - Login Required
Texas: Stolen vehicle check ends in standoff - 11/19/2006
W.Va. man overpowered by hostage during standoff - 11/15/2006
SWAT leader: "This is about as dangerous as it gets..." - 11/15/2006
Police arrest W.Va. man, hostages unharmed - 11/14/2006
Shots fired during police standoff with Fla. man - 11/14/2006
Ill. man kills in-laws, then shoots officer before killing self - 11/12/2006
Texas DA kills self as police arrive - 11/06/2006
Calif. man slashes self at end of pursuit - 11/06/2006
N.C. man shoots himself, ending standoff - 10/31/2006
Police shoot hostage-taker in west Phoenix - 10/27/2006
Standoff at Penn State ends with gunman committing suicide - 10/23/2006
4 surrender after Conn. standoff - 10/20/2006
14-hour Texas standoff with man accused of wounding 3 ends; boy unharmed - 10/05/2006
Colo. school gunman was shot 4 times - 10/04/2006
Calif. police rescue hair-salon hostage - 09/15/2006
Hostage situation reported in suburban Chicago bank - 09/13/2006
Alaska man resists chemicals in 2-day standoff but surrenders to bulldozer - 09/12/2006
6 armed people holed up at high school in northeastern Arizona - 09/07/2006
Shooting suspect nabbed after Portland standoff - 08/30/2006
Texas officer and hostage shot in standoff - 08/30/2006
Police storm house; arrest N.Y. man after standoff - 08/30/2006
Raid follows shots fired in N.Y. standoff - 08/24/2006
Standoff in Providence, R.I., ends peacefully - 08/24/2006
Calif. police end a standoff with rubber bullets, find two bodies - 08/23/2006
7-hour Utah standoff ends when man surrenders - 08/22/2006
Standoff between alleged robbers and Md. police ends peacefully - 08/21/2006
3 police officers, 1 state trooper shot in Texas standoff - 08/20/2006
Armed 16-year-old surrenders after hostage standoff in Vt. bank - 08/03/2006
Driving straight into the Kill Zone on purpose? No problem! - 08/02/2006 Secure - Login Required
Authorities: Intoxicated officer arrested after Mont. standoff - 08/01/2006
Tear gas ends Calif. Starbucks standoff - 07/31/2006
Texas truck chase and standoff ends with woman safe - 07/24/2006
Wash. machete threat leads to standoff, fire and two deaths - 07/24/2006
Ga. man blows up own home in suicide attempt during stand off - 07/21/2006
Three arrested after Okla. standoff - 07/18/2006
Suspect found dead after standoff with police in Calif. - 07/17/2006
Man fatally shoots himself, injures woman during standoff in Utah - 06/25/2006
Two Mass. teens arrested after standoff; gun turns out to be a toy - 06/23/2006
Ky. standoff ends in man's death - 06/18/2006
Man wanted for killing La. deputy surrenders - 06/16/2006
Police: Suspect in deputy's death holding hostage in New Orleans suburb - 06/16/2006
Mo. house found empty after 6-hour siege - 06/15/2006
Tear gas brings Mass. man out of home - 06/13/2006
N.C. officer shoots man during standoff - 06/13/2006
Standoff on rooftop of La. bank ends peacefully - 06/08/2006
Officer and suspect killed after standoff in Texas - 06/07/2006
Police: Ohio gunman kills self after office standoff - 05/22/2006
Man kills 2, shoots self after Va. standoff - 05/16/2006
Smoke bomb ends 6-hour Maine standoff - 05/15/2006
3 dead, 2 wounded in Ohio standoff - 05/14/2006
Maintaining the "semantic edge" - 05/08/2006
N.C. man surrenders after standoff, setting house on fire - 05/05/2006
Suspect takes civilian employee hostage in Baltimore police station - 04/13/2006
Risk communications - 04/03/2006
Florida authorities question man about stabbings after standoff - 03/24/2006
Police ID man killed in Va. hostage situation - 03/14/2006
Gunman holed up in Canadian motel bar, possibly with hostages - 03/10/2006
Bank robbery suspect shot and killed by LA deputies in standoff - 03/02/2006
Man who took hostages became obsessed after wife lost jobs, family says - 02/26/2006
Gunman takes as many as nine hostages in Phoenix high-rise - 02/24/2006
Police find five people dead in Arizona home - 02/21/2006
Gunman arrested after slaying, standoff at Las Vegas Strip hotel - 02/21/2006
Suspect in gay bar attack shot himself during Ark. police shootout - 02/08/2006
Calif. police use concussion grenade to end standoff - 02/07/2006
SWAT standoff in Norcross ends in man's suicide - 01/26/2006
Calif. police trick gunman with cigs in hostage standoff - 01/26/2006
U.S. hostage standoff ends with suspects surrendering - 01/17/2006
Lawyer taken hostage near City Hall in Georgia town - 01/16/2006
Gun-wielding middle school student shot by SWAT team - 01/13/2006
Bank robbers in deadly standoff had robbed same Fla. bank before - 01/13/2006
Fla. bank standoff ends with one suspect dead, the other arrested - 01/11/2006
UPDATE: Fla. standoff ends as police sniper shoots one suspect, arrests other - 01/10/2006
Ky. man shot by 3 officers, killed during standoff - 01/09/2006
N.M.: Suspect held after standoff - 12/09/2005
Suspect in shooting of officers in Wiggins is denied bond - 11/28/2005
Domestic Violence Rates in U.S. Dropping - 06/12/2005
Dual arrests and the domestic violence arrests of women - 04/08/2005
National Institute of Justice Studies ignored - 02/24/2004
Violence against women and the statistics - 01/21/2004
The many different faces of domestic violence - 01/21/2004
Domestic violence and police officers as abuser or victim - 01/21/2004
Compassion and empathy - 01/21/2004
Domestic Violence: Regardless of age or gender - 01/21/2004
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