Tag: police

Police are on the hunt for a single gunman that shot five people in Maryland this morning, killing three. Law enforcement believes Radee Labeeb Prince, 37, opened fire at employees of Advanced Granite Solutions at the Emmorton Business Park in Edgewood, Maryland just before 9 am local time.  Officers arrived just four minutes later, but […]

These days, death is often at the door. Death by bullet, death by blood. President Rodrigo Duterte’s “drug war” has left thousands dead at the hands of police, but it is also threatening lives in a different way. Front-line advocates in this city in the central Philippines say the violent anti-drug campaign is pushing users […]

This article previously published on SOFREP 08.15.2016 “Shots fired, active shooter! Everyone run for safety, run!” The officers called out last night as I deplaned Lufthansa flight 0404 from Frankfurt, Germany. I was waiting for my luggage, having just cleared customs and thought to myself, “WTF did I just step into?” I took cover behind a concrete pillar […]

A suicide bomber killed two Algerian policemen on Thursday, including one who threw himself on the attacker whose explosive belt then detonated, state media said, citing the security services. The officers had intervened when the attacker tried to enter the police headquarters in the region of Tiaret, about 350km southwest of the capital Algiers, the […]

Even before the demonstration in Virginia began last weekend, the police there knew they weren’t going to be able to handle what was coming. Charlottesville police officers, including Sgt. Jake Via of the investigations bureau, had been contacting organizers and scanning social media to figure out how many demonstrators were headed their way and whether […]

Before we start, I feel like there should be a disclaimer, something like, “The views expressed in this article do not reflect those of all police or Navy SEALs.”

Police defend response; CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Gov. Terry McAuliffe of Virginia on Sunday strongly defended the police response to the violent demonstrations here on Saturday, saying that law enforcement authorities had done “great work” in “a very delicate situation.” Mr. McAuliffe, in an impromptu sidewalk interview before addressing two church congregations on Sunday morning, said […]

Before writing this article I never knew that this existed, but you can protect your family members that are at a high risk for getting lost such as those with Alzheimer’s, dementia, or autism, with a scent preservation kit. I recently stumbled across a case in which a scent kit was used by a law enforcement […]

Police disrupted a terrorist plot to bring down an airplane and arrested four men on Saturday in raids on homes in several Sydney suburbs, the prime minister said on Sunday. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said security had been increased at Sydney Airport since Thursday because of the plot. The increased security measures had been extended […]

Perhaps now, more than ever there is an expectation that Law Enforcement Officers (LEO) will only use deadly force as an absolute necessity. Time and again we see LEOs tried in the media with regards to a deadly force incident. I am not here to debate the validity of deadly force situations, instead I would […]

It was early 2016 and I was providing routine infantry training for the Peshmerga of 3rd Brigade at a base near the city of Sulaymania in Iraqi Kurdistan. I remember we had just finished out the day at the range with some fire and maneuver drills; I sat down with a cup of chai in […]

MANILA – The residents of Old Balara hid in their homes when gunfire erupted in their Manila district last September. They didn’t see the police operation that killed seven drug suspects that night. But they witnessed the gory aftermath and it haunts them still. That night, Herlina Alim said she watched police haul away the […]