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A police officer was attacked and killed Tuesday morning on a Metro Bus platform outside the Pentagon.

As crime in the United States continues climbing, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) is looking to allocate $50 billion from President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion spending package to fund more police officers in localities and states. 

A Worcester, Massachusetts, officer died Friday while attempting to save a 14-year-old boy from drowning in a city pond.

The Overland Park, Kansas, Police Department announced Wednesday that multiple police officers aided an elderly man recently by mowing his overgrown lawn.

“They are terrorists. They hate me. They hate my uniform. They don’t care if I die,” wrote now-fired police officer Sara Erwin on Facebook.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) says that unlike other states trying to defund their police departments, he is offering bonuses to every police officer, firefighter, paramedic, and emergency medical technician (EMT) in the state.

Police rescued a 74-year-old woman from a burning home in Royal Oak, Michigan, according to a recently-released bodycam video of the incident.

A police chief in Hutchinson, Kansas, is challenging every officer to do a random act of kindness after an officer was discovered mowing a lady’s lawn.

Two Massachusetts police officers rescued an 89-year-old woman from a burning building and are now being praised for their courageous actions.

Roughly a dozen police officers guarded dumpsters full of food at a Portland, Oregon, Fred Meyer grocery store Tuesday as people had tried to scrounge for food that had been thrown away.

A police chase that spanned two counties in Kentucky ended as a terrified woman ended up hugging a police officer leading the pursuit and surrendering to law enforcement peacefully.

At least four police officers from across the country were placed on administrative leave for allegedly attending the U.S. Capitol riots on Wednesday.

A Kansas police department is on a mission this week on behalf of an anonymous donor acting as a Secret Santa by handing out $100 bills to residents.

Six Nashville police officers have been recognized by the department for evacuating people and saving lives before Friday’s explosion in downtown Nashville.

Hundreds of Trump supporters rallied in Connecticut Sunday as part of a statewide campaign to show support for the president.

Rioters in Washington, D.C., injured 14 police officers in the chaos that ensued during the city’s second night of protests over the death of Karon Hylton. The injuries include one officer losing eyesight after being targeted with a laser.

A man allegedly carjacked a running vehicle with an elderly woman and an eight-month-old inside on Saturday, leading to a slow-speed police chase through Los Angeles and his arrest.

Aydin Altun, 26, has been convicted after being found guilty of ploughing his car into an armed police officer last year in London, in a vicious attack captured on CCTV.

“The Democrat party’s war on cops is putting the lives of innocent police officers in danger,” Trump said. 

Assaults on Metropolitan Police officers rose by nearly 40 per cent during the Chinese coronavirus lockdown in London, with Scotland Yard pointing to violent protests and street-parties-turned-riots as the main driver of the rise in attacks.

A rookie police officer in Upland, Pennsylvania, is being hailed as a hero after he saved an unresponsive infant’s life on Sunday.

A group of Oklahoma Republicans is requesting that the city of Tulsa allow them space to paint a “Back the Blue” mural to support law enforcement after seeing a “Black Lives Matter” mural painted on a city street.

“We are looking at a mass exodus of law enforcement,” said Kyle Reyes, national spokesperson for Law Enforcement Today.

The New York state parole board, nearly all appointed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), is readying the release of two more felons convicted of murdering police officers, the state’s police union says. 

Jakhary Jackson, a black Portland police officer, detailed his experience in responding to the violent protests that have rocked the city over the last several weeks, explaining that many of the protesters “don’t know what they’re saying” and are actively using “the same tactics that were used against my people.”

Officers with the High Point, North Carolina, Police Department were swarmed by a “hostile crowd” of 50 people after searching a home during a drug bust, police said.

Close to 300 New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers have filed for retirement over the last month amid riots against the police and as violent crime keeps surging. 

A Pennsylvania man who had been wronged by police officers in the past saved a police officer from a burning cruiser after it crashed outside a Uniontown apartment.

Police officers in the United States have been killed feloniously every year at similar rates to unarmed suspects who were killed each year by law enforcement, federal data shows. 

Qualified immunity for cops denies citizens the legal remedy for violations of their constitutional rights, said Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA).

New York police union boss Mike O’Meara said politicians and the establishment media must stop treating police officers like “animals and thugs.”

A woman who apparently admitted to throwing a Molotov cocktail inside a filled New York City Police Department (NYPD) van has avoided attempted murder charges. 

One hundred and thirty-two police Chicago police officers were injured during this weekend’s riots after George Floyd’s May 25th death in Minneapolis police custody.

Several Philadelphia police officers suffered injuries, including chemical burns to the face, as a result of the violent protests that rocked the city over the weekend.

Bernie Kerik said fired Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin should have been charged with first degree murder in the killing of George Floyd.

American gun maker Sig Sauer and tactical clothing company 5.11 Tactical teamed up to honor police officers with an inside look into their daily lives via a video titled Inside the Blue Line.