Security staff can often be the butt of jokes. From being called rent-a-cops to references to Paul Blart Mall Cop guards get less respect than sworn police officers.

Surveillance cameras caught man stealing from a car. When officers arrived he tried to flee on a bike.

Police in Oklahoma got a surprised when a man being arrested made an odd request. He wanted to propose to his girlfriend, while still in handcuffs.

A YouTuber who goes by the name Kota encountered officers in Helen, Georgia. After being told he was under arrest Kota backs aways from the officers, thus requiring an escalation of force.

Officers in Vermont were conducting a welfare check on three young women sleeping in a car at night. The video below is the body camera footage from one of the officers on scene.

Officers Joe Jones and Carrie Lee from Asheville, North Carolina were out on a complaint call when they found a family having fun on a giant water slide. On a hot summer day, the officers decided to join the fun.

The folks at Free Hugs Project hosted a little dodgeball game between police and a group of kids.

Officers responding to a robbery complaint initiated a chase with the suspect. The case ends with the suspect crashing his van, and climbing up onto the roof.

I think we have all done it at some point in our career, forget to put the squad in park. For this deputy in Ohio, it was on a traffic stop recorded by his own dash camera.

Officers from the Grass Valley Police Department responded to a report of a man wanting to kill himself by jumping off a highway overpass. This body camera footage shows them saving his life.