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Burnsville officers Paul Elmstrand and Matthew Ruge, both 27, were fatally shot; Firefighter/Paramedic Adam Finseth, 40, was fatally shot as he provided aid to an injured officer
Waymo said someone threw a firework inside, which set the vehicle on fire
The chatter from the radio traffic was nonstop as dispatchers and commanders managed ambulances, medical resources and officers for traffic and crowd control
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Deputy Robert J. Leonard was in his first year serving with the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office
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While officers were detaining the car’s driver, a passenger jumped into the driver’s seat and drove off, hitting two officers
The D.C. Metropolitan Police Department reported that the officers’ injuries appear to be non life-threatening
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A female hostage was also shot; the suspect surrendered and was arrested by Ontario Police Department officers after an hours-long standoff
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“Well over 5,000 cops were attacked and injured last year – that’s not only a record, it’s a full-blown epidemic,” Police Benevolent Association President Patrick Hendry stated
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“When Corporal Tripp asked him why he fled, [the suspect] stated he thought he could get away with it and that it would be fun,” the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said
The LAPD has stated that sideshows are growing increasingly violent; officers who respond often have rocks thrown at them or laser pointers shone in their eyes
Deputy Greg McCowan was killed and Deputy Shelby Eggers was shot in the leg; the suspect remains at large
SWAT Officer Jesse Noriega’s shot grazed the suspect’s head, neutralizing the threat to officers; the suspect was treated at the hospital
Video shows the chaotic moments leading up to the brawl between officers and several suspects, who were seen kicking at officers and trying to stop them from arresting a man
“You guys have neglected your streets, you’ve neglected your police department and have neglected the families of those police officers”
Preparing for an all-options response to a multiple-person attack requires a commitment to training beyond the sporadic defensive tactics sessions
The two officers immediately came under fire after responding to the home; six to eight people, including children, remain unaccounted for following the fire
The officers, who were called to the house on a report that an 11-year-old girl had been wounded by gunfire, immediately came under fire
San Joaquin County Sheriff Patrick Withrow said that instead of impounding the vehicles, they are being held as evidence
The man surrendered after initially fleeing police in the USPS truck, but he bit an officer’s hand as he was being arrested
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“It was a chaotic scene,” Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno said. “We applied all technology — that’s the robodog, our SWAT team, electronic, surveillance [and] drones”
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The suspect was holding one victim with a knife in his hand when officers entered the home and shot him
“The Maui Police Department, in collaboration with other emergency response agencies, worked tirelessly to ensure the safety of our residents, coordinate evacuations, and provide support to those in need,” the report said
While the suspect was on the ground during the arrest, he bit off part of the officer’s left ring finger; the suspect then spit it out
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