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“I’m pleased that we now have more troopers today than when I came into office — a few more, to be blunt. We have another class [of trainees] coming in. We need more troopers. We need more police,” Gov. Ned Lamont said
Connecticut police departments are also monitoring social media, creating a flow of information between departments and working with the FBI to prevent street takeovers
The LAPD has stated that sideshows are growing increasingly violent; officers who respond often have rocks thrown at them or laser pointers shone in their eyes
San Joaquin County Sheriff Patrick Withrow said that instead of impounding the vehicles, they are being held as evidence
The suspect was swerving in between cars on a motorcycle when an officer standing on the side of the road told him to pull over; instead, he sped up and ran over the officer’s leg
The Flock Safety technology can differentiate a gunshot from a firework and turns on video surveillance automatically when a gunshot is detected
The city of Monona reinstated the police department’s policy that allows officers to pursue in cases where suspects “pose a danger to public safety”
“[This grant allows] us to teach safe behaviors to ... children in our community by providing walking courses and bicycle trainings, as well as distributing free helmets and safety equipment,” Salinas PD Chief Roberto Filice stated
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Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer, 30, had just left the Palmdale station in his cruiser when he was fired upon in what Sheriff Robert Luna called an ambush attack
The trooper was dragged several yards down the pavement, curling his legs up into his body while holding onto the car before he landed in the middle of traffic
Alfonzo Cole and his partner, Willie Warner-Sims, pleaded guilty last month to four counts of robbery and theft in office, both third-degree felonies
Hartford Police Officer Bobby Garten was killed when a driver fleeing from a traffic stop ran a red light and crashed into the side of the cruiser he was in
As the officer pulled up behind a speeding car at a traffic light, the child’s mother hopped out of the car and screamed, “Help! We got a baby in here dying!”
Two Oakland County Sheriff’s Office deputies were injured in a crash while blocking traffic and two were injured in attacks at the jail
Garry Chapman, the son of Dog the Bounty Hunter, conducted a traffic stop and found the missing boy inside the car
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The arresting officer found himself inside of the suspect’s vehicle; the suspect then “started driving away at a very high rate of speed,” the chief said
At one point, the suspect stopped the ambulance in the road, only to ram the trooper’s patrol car as the trooper was getting out
The officer just happened to be getting out of his cruiser at the time of impact and was seriously injured, police said
The constable was driving “in a reckless manner at a high rate of speed, nearly striking the cruiser of several law enforcement officers,” according to state police
“I’m so blessed and grateful that I’m still alive and that I have the chance to walk again,’’ Officer Elizabeth Minter said in a statement
The governor said he will propose the state build a “scenario-based training facility” as part of the upcoming budget
Trooper Aaron Smith was deploying stop sticks when he was struck by the suspect’s vehicle
The deputy suffered life-threatening injuries after a Ford F-450 pulling a car hauler drove through the intersection and struck him