MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. – A Montgomery County police officer shot and killed himself early Monday morning after he was stopped by a state trooper for allegedly speeding and driving under the influence. State police identified the deceased officer as Jed R. Bylsma, 30, of Gettysburg, Pa. He was pronounced...

NEW YORK — Four police officers were shot in a fierce gun battle last night in Sheepshead Bay, but miraculously, none of them were critically injured. The incident started at about 10:30 p.m., when police received a 911 call of a man with a gun at 3301 Nostrand Avenue, in the 61st precinct in Sheepshead...

NEW YORK (AP) — Ten years ago, a misunderstanding at a neighborhood cookout turned into a bloody night of gunfire. Neighbors told police they thought a man named Danny Williams had gotten into the barbecue brawl with two men who were later shot. One died, the other was seriously injured. But police...

Officer Eric Poulton spent half of his childhood in and out of hospitals. Although the scars went away, the 28-year-old Ganado native kept a memento to last him a lifetime. “I got this bear in the hospital. I don’t know who it came from, but I still hold onto it,” he said. Behind this...

NEW YORK (AP) — A  suburban New York policeman driving the wrong way on Interstate 95 in  the Bronx has been killed in a head-on collision with a tractor-trailer. Mount Vernon Police Commissioner Carl Bell says the officer was 29-year-old Reginald Velez.  Bell said Velez, a policeman for two years,...

EXETER, California (AP) — The student called himself Johnny Ramirez. But he was actually 22-year-old Alex Salinas, an undercover narcotics officer.

MELBOURNE, Fla. — The family of a fallen  deputy is outraged at the controversy over a sign made to honor her.

A 36-year-old North Las Vegas Police officer shot during a domestic-violence call Monday night remains hospitalized in stable condition, officials said.

CATHEDRAL CITY — A Louisiana-based company launched a ship this month in honor of the late Cathedral City Police Officer Jermaine Gibson. GulfMark Americas  plans  to sail the renamed ship in the Gulf of Mexico and around the world as part of its work for major companies.

Randoph (Mass). A Randolph police officer is lucky he is still alive after being doused with gasoline after attempting to rescue occupants from a burning home shortly before midnight Saturday. Officer Mark L’Italien entered the fully involved duplex on Turning Mill Lane to search for victims when...