Buffalo police officials say a pilot program is being tested by the department that gives tasers to officers in the B District. Police say officers were dispatched to a home on the west side of Buffalo Wednesday night around 11:40 p.m. According to officers, two people inside the home were trying to calm down a man who had a knife. At one point, the video shows the man lunged at the officers while they were inside the kitchen. The officers ran back into the living room, where they continued to talk to the man. One officer then drew a taser, asking the man to drop the knife. The man eventually complied with the officer's request. Buffalo police officials say the pilot program being tested by the department saved the life of the man in the video. In a normal situation, police say they would have possibly used a gun. Both officers are being heralded by the department for their restraint.🔫👮🏻‍♂️ #taser

Five people are in serious condition after a shooting during a party at an apartment complex in Colorado late Saturday, according to officials. The Aurora Police Department said the incident happened just before 11 p.m. at an apartment complex near the busy commercial intersection of Iliff Avenue and Buckley Road, located about 10 miles east of Denver. Police tweeted that all five victims - two girls, one boy and two adult men - were serious condition, but expected to survive. Officer Matthew Longshore, a police spokesperson, told The Associated Press in an email that preliminary information indicated that there had been a party at one of the apartments. The teenagers were all between the ages of 16 and 18, FOX31 reported. Authorities said they were searching for at least one suspect on Sunday, who was described as a black male of an unknown age who was wearing a yellow hooded sweatshirt.

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT! Four officers have been suspended by Victoria Police, after footage emerged of two incidents of alleged excessive force in Melbourne, Australia. The suspensions come after CCTV footage was released by 7.30 this week, showing police arresting a man in Melbourne during a welfare that went off the rails. A disability pensioner has told a court he feared he would die when held down on his front lawn by six police officers, and then feared drowning when he had a high-powered hose sprayed in his face. The six officers attended John's Preston home on September 19, 2017 after his counsellor contacted police concerned about his mental health. This case is currently before the courts with 3 police officers suspended without pay until further investigations are completed.

Two first responders in Texas are among the 11 dead after a storm system spawned severe weather across southern parts of the U.S. while blanketing northern regions with a dangerous icy mix and gusty winds that have knocked out power to thousands. Officials in Lubbock, Texas said a police officer and two firefighters were hit by a car while working the scene of a traffic accident Saturday morning on the northbound lanes of Interstate 27 at Drew Street in dangerous conditions caused by winter weather. Police Officer Nicholas Reyna, 27, who had been with the department for one year, died at the scene. Firefighter Lt. David Hill, 39, was taken to a local hospital where he later died.

Rest In Peace, Heroes💙💔🖤

Firefighter Matthew Dawson, 30, was hospitalized in critical condition. Our prayers are with him.🙏🏻

Happy birthday to #K9 Ruin who turns 4 today. (Williams County Sheriff's Office) 🐶🥳

Lakewood Police said Sunday they shot and killed a man suspected of robbing a bank a day earlier in Longmont, reported FOX31. Police spokesperson John Romero said the person who died is Thomas Charles Snyder II, 52, who Longmont police also suspected of stealing a rental vehicle before the armed bank robbery at the Bank of the West on 5th Avenue and Coffman Street. Lakewood Police said in a press release that the shooting happened Sunday morning after an hours-long standoff at a motel. Police said they were called around 1 a.m. to the American Motel at 10101 W. Interstate 70 Frontage Road N., where "a wanted adult male was staying at the motel." SWAT officers arrived on scene and tried to talk the man out of the room for about two hours, according to the release. They said once SWAT officers entered the room about 3:05 a.m., "they encountered the suspect armed with a handgun."

A man managed to survive more than three weeks in the rugged Alaskan wilderness after his remote cabin burned down until he was rescued last week by state troopers who spotted an "SOS" signal stamped in the snow, FOX News reports. Alaska State Troopers said in a news release that 30-year-old Tyson Steele was found at a makeshift shelter at his remote homestead about 20 miles outside of Skwentna, located about 70 miles northwest of Anchorage. Officials were conducting a welfare check on Steele after he had not been heard from for "several weeks" when they arrived in a helicopter in the remote area to find the 30-year-old waving for help and "SOS" stamped in the snow. #fuck_lucky

The devastation of the bushfires, which continue to run rampant across the nation, has given rise to a number of incredible fundraising projects, but this next initiative is most certainly in a (w)hole league of its own – Brisbane sex toy supplier Geeky Sex Toys has released a special donation dildo, with 100% of the proceeds going towards bushfire recovery. You simply have no choice but to stan patriotic penetration. J’adore. The ‘Down-Under Donation Dildo’ has been created to inevitably aid those most affected by the fires. “This silicone toy was designed specifically as our way to help out our neighbours in need,” their website reads. “Buying a sex toy has never felt so good.” The dildo is aptly-priced at $69, but there’s also the option to include an additional donation. 🔥

— Riot Police Deployed on Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, after a Anteciped Carnival festival ended in Riots and Looting of locals.

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Something went wrong during prank ... 😂 #lmao

An off-duty sheriff's detective was struck and killed by a vehicle Sunday after she helped an elderly woman cross the street in Los Angeles Calif., Sheriff Alex Villanueva said. The accident occurred around 11 a.m. when 41-year-old Amber Leist, a 12-year veteran of the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, returned to her car after assisting two people crossing the road in the Valley Village area. “While she was returning to her vehicle, she was struck by a vehicle traveling eastbound on Riverside Drive when the light had turned green,” Villanueva said at a 6 p.m. news conference on Sunday. Leist was transported to a local area hospital where she was pronounced dead, Villanueva said. The driver reportedly stopped at the scene was cooperating with investigators. "Today the LA County Sheriff's Department is grieving," Villanueva said. "We are shocked and stunned by the sudden loss of a family member."

Rest In Peace, Hero! 💙🖤