We know the number of law enforcement suicides is extremely high compared to other professions. The precise numbers, however, are hard to prove. Current statistics show a rate of 18 per 100,000 police officers and 39 of 100,000 corrections officers are committing suicide. (For ...
Great work by the officers involved and Good Samaritan James Megerle, who came to Officer Samuel Hodge's aid after a violent encounter stemming for a Dec. 22, 2015, traffic stop. And thank you to River City News for editing and captioning this video.
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Juan Carlos Lopez-Aguilar’s gun was a fake. But police say his intention to get shot may have been real.
Las Vegas police Sgt. William Matchko shot Lopez-Aguilar, 42, in the shoulder during a confrontation Monday night in the southern valley. And at a Thursday afternoon press ...
In the first two months of this year the homicide rate has more than doubled in the City of Chicago, with 102 being reported through the end of February. The Chicago Tribune said it is “the deadliest start to a year in the city in nearly two decades (1997).”
In an article on March ...
Chuck Wexler and PERF have been getting a lot of press lately as they are championed by many in the media as the foremost experts in law enforcement and, as such, they have been deemed by some as the ones who can reform our broken criminal justice system. The other day Wexler, along ...
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