Melvin Purvis was an FBI agent who was famous in his day for bringing the likes of Pretty Boy Floyd and John Dillinger to ...

While these dramatizations make for good entertainment, they perpetuate myths about law enforcement work. Here are 12 things movies and TV shows often get wrong about being a police officer.

Opening in theaters Friday, the movie follows law-enforcement officers -- Sheridan's Jamie Bowen, Jude Law's Terry Husk and Jurnee Smollett's Joanne Carney -- as they try to bring down Nicholas ...