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Daniel, who has been diagnosed with a rare brain and spine cancer, has been sworn in to hundreds of law enforcement agencies ...

When it comes to defending citizens, other officers, and themselves with a potentially deadly weapon, safety and skill are at ...

The Dallas Police Department this week added two names to its police memorial, honoring Officers Gabriel Bixby and Darron Burks. They are the 94th and 95th Dallas officers to be memorialized. Bixby, ...

A Canton Police Department investigation will leave no stone unturned, except for maybe the rock that the 46 pieces of broken ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — After three former Memphis police officers were acquitted Wednesday in the beating death of Tyre ...

A federal court jury deliberated for less than an hour Wednesday before convicting a Texas neo-Nazi for posting an online ...

Congress gave federal workers the right to organize and bargain collectively, finding it in the public interest. Now Trump ...

In a surprise announcement over the weekend, the Tye Chief of Police has told KTXS that he will be retiring at the end of ...

BELL COUNTY, Texas — A Texas teen is preparing to add even more badges to his growing collection ... One of his biggest dreams was to become a police officer, so he has spent the years since ...