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Video: Man swings knife at Fla. officer after telling wife he wanted to kill a cop, leading to fatal OIS

“Our deputy is a hero today because he did the right thing,” Indian River County Sheriff Eric Flowers said. “He protected himself and potentially protected the lives of others”

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BWC: 4 armed suspects ram cruiser head-on in chaotic attempt to flee before OIS

Video released by the Dallas Police Department shows the pickup truck slamming into the cruiser before driving onto the hood as suspects jumped out of the doors

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Calif. PD no longer driving gas-powered cruisers after full transition to electric fleet

The South Pasadena Police Department hopes to save $4,000 per year on fuel costs and cut down on emissions by switching to a fleet of 20 Tesla cruisers

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‘Makes no sense’: Fla. union leader blasts prosecutors over charges against officers in deadly 2019 shootout

The shootout with two robbers on a busy roadway left two bystanders dead; the officers at the scene were being fired upon and said they had no choice but to return fire

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BWC: Man barricades himself in home, fires at officers, wounding 1 before fatal OIS

After an officer was shot, Oklahoma City PD worked to negotiate with the suspect for several hours before the suspect was fatally shot

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‘We had no communication’: Pa. SWAT snipers say Secret Service did not contact them before Trump rally shooting

“We were supposed to get a face-to-face briefing with the Secret … and that never happened,” said Jason Woods of the Beaver County SWAT team

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‘Unacceptable level of crime and violence’: Minneapolis PD seeks help from other agencies after crime spike

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara implemented a multi-jurisdictional plan to address the violence, including having outside agencies assisting with patrols and investigations

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Ga. officer dies from medical emergency while returning home from shift

Corporal Kevin Enfinger was found in the median of a road by a passerby, who began administering CPR; he was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead

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BWC: Knife-wielding domestic violence suspect advances toward Calif. officer before fatal OIS

The suspect ignored the Chino Police Department officer’s repeated commands and pulled a large fillet knife from his pocket while advancing toward the officer

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‘They didn’t do anything wrong’: Mass. sheriff’s office runs camp for children of inmates

As parents are going through the Hampden County jail’s rehabilitation programs, the camp helps the children who are the unintended victims, the mayor said

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Ohio police officer and Paralympic fencer to compete in upcoming games

Dayton police officer Byron Branch lost his leg in the line of duty in December 2016 when a SUV spun out of control, hitting his patrol car

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New York City turns to AI-powered scanners in push to keep guns out of the subway system

Mayor Eric Adams has long discussed the possibility of adding weapons detectors to the subway system

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Acrobatic suspect jumps from hotel balconies to escape deputies, Fla. sheriff’s office video shows

Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office video shows the man being arrested after managing to avoid a catastrophic fall by easing over the railings to drop down one floor at a time

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‘A grand day’: Ga. sheriff throws party for boy with terminal brain cancer

“There are a lot of hearts here connected to him,” Muscogee County Sheriff Greg Countryman said. “He will always be a part of the sheriff family”

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Son of Israeli consular whose motorcycle struck Fla. officer gets no jail time

The suspect told the court that after his “significant wake-up call,” he’d decided to actively serve in Israel’s military; he was sentenced to traffic school and community service

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