Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 4822 AMERICAN POLICE BEAT: OCTOBER 2016 I n the movies, it goes like this: the bad guys shoot the law- man. The lawman falls to the ground. He’s surely dead. Then he stands up and shoots his assailants. The round that would have pierced his heart was stopped by the badge. Oddly enough, this hap- pens in the real world, too – and more often than one might think. According to multiple me- dia reports, two cops in dif- ferent states cheated death when their badges stopped bullets. In Las Vegas, a Nevada Highway Patrol trooper was conducting a stop when one driver jumped out of his car and started running, KTNV reported. The officer began chas- ing the fleeing suspect and the man opened fire. The trooper returned fire, killing the suspect. The officer was shot in the chest, but the bullet hit his badge and ricocheted away. The officer didn’t even require any medical treat- ment. A similar incident took place the same day in Cali- fornia. Officers responded to a domestic call from a Hun- tington Beach house. They arrived on the scene and observed a man get into a car parked out front. The officers followed him as he drove away from the home, the Los Angeles Times reported. Then the driver made a sharp U-turn and started firing at the officers. One of the rounds grazed one of the cop’s badges, but it did not seriously wound him. He was treated at a local hospital for minor injuries and released. Meanwhile, the suspect sped off onto a freeway with responding officers in pursuit. The suspect drove off an off-ramp and slid down an embankment. The vehicle caught fire and the suspect died. None of the officers or suspects involved in either incident had been identified at the time this was written. That’s why we call them shields Badges stop bullets in two recent incidents VISIT US AT BOOTH #2026 Learn more about our online CJ degrees, workshops, and CEUs. ColumbiaSouthern.edu/IACP | 877.845.7813 FLEXIBLE. AFFORDABLE. ONLINE. Robert Hare CSU Graduate Online Criminal Justice Degrees at Columbia Southern University are designed to enable students to develop rational decisions and informed responses to the daily challenges they face in law enforcement, courts and corrections operations. Degrees offered include: • A.S. Criminal Justice • B.S. Criminal Justice Administration • B.S. Criminal Justice Administration—Arson Investigation • M.S. Criminal Justice Administration BECOME A HEROFOR YOUR COMMUNITY Katrina Johnson CSU Graduate MS Criminal Justice Sergeant