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Jury selection begins Tuesday for a white former suburban Minneapolis police officer, Kim Potter, who says she meant to grab her Taser instead of her handgun when she shot and killed motorist Daunte Wright, who was Black.

A Virginia officer’s quick action prevented his co-worker from getting seriously hurt.

While the panel cannot fire Eichhammer, it said it found the photo highly offensive and the demands to fire the officer are valid.

Police officers in west Michigan handcuffed the group after a neighbor wrongly reported that the three Black people were breaking into a home.

An Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper successfully performed the Heimlich maneuver on a man who attempted to swallow a bag of marijuana after he was pulled over for speeding.

Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who kept his knee on the neck of George Floyd for more than nine minutes last year, was found guilty on two counts of murder and one count of manslaughter in Floyd’s death.

A female Chicago police officer was shot in the hand Saturday, marking the third shooting of an officer this week. NBC 5’s Vi Nguyen reports.

Officers Maggie Murphy and Michael Perry help extinguish flames from the passenger’s clothing.

Police departments across the country are reviewing the behavior of dozens of officers who were in Washington on the day of the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol

From his early days growing up in a New Jersey hamlet, Brian Sicknick wanted to be a police officer

A police officer was reported to have non-life threatening injuries Monday evening after being struck by a vehicle during a traffic stop on Chicago’s Far South Side. NBC 5’s Alex Maragos reports.

Police unions nationwide have largely supported President Donald Trump’s reelection, amid mass demonstrations over police brutality and accusations of systemic racism.

The police chief of a Milwaukee suburb that has seen protests and unrest since an officer was cleared of criminal wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of a Black teenager says he sees no reason why the officer should be fired

A west suburban police officer is credited for saving the life of a teenager who was stuck inside a burning townhouse in Lisle late Tuesday. Officer Bill Wise, a 21-year veteran of the Lisle Police Department, said it was one of the most intense situations he’s ever experienced on the job. “I just was lucky to be there, you...

A 21-year veteran police officer is credited with saving the life of a teenager who was trapped in a burning home in Lisle The officer tells his story to NBC 5’s Chris Coffey.

Footage released by the LAPD shows an officer rescuing a man from a burning car before the vehicle burst into flames.

The Wendy’s location where Rayshard Brooks, a Black man, was shot and killed by police Friday in Atlanta was set on fire Saturday night after a day of peaceful protests.

Minneapolis police have for years required officers to intervene when they see colleagues using unreasonable force. But that didn’t save George Floyd and experts say such rules will always run up against police culture and fear of being branded a “rat.”

An Ohio-based restaurant chain’s decision to close several locations after a group of employees refused to fulfill an order for law enforcement officers has been met with both praise and criticism from customers.

An emotional outpouring of support took place in suburban Melrose Park Friday night after a police officer died from the coronavirus. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter reports.