Line-of-Duty Death (LODD)
Of the 285 officers shot in 2019, nearly a quarter of them were policing towns with fewer than 11,000 people
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Both deputies were transported to the University of Oklahoma Medical Center, where Sgt. Bobby Swartz died; the other deputy is in stable condition
Officer Rick Hirshey returned as a school resource officer, an occasion that marked a closing chapter in his recovery from the March shooting
Special Agent Jose Perez was hit by another driver while he was responding to a building alarm on August 3
Capt. William Hargraves struck a light pole after a collision with another vehicle and died from his injuries at the scene
Using lessons learned from near misses to prevent injuries and fatalities from felonious assaults, missed firearms, ambushes and unprovoked attacks
“We need answers … not just to help us process what happened, but also to ensure that this doesn’t happen to anyone else,” Maurica Manyan’s cousin said
Deputy Ned Byrd, who had responded to an earlier domestic incident, was found dead with multiple gunshot wounds outside his unmarked SUV
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“The death sentence is the law in the state of Indiana and if it was going to be pursued this is the kind of case where it needs to be pursued,” prosecutors said
Cesar Echaverry had been with Miami-Dade Police for five years and was assigned to the robbery intervention detail
The initiative follows the death of Elwood Officer Noah Shahnavaz, who was shot through the windshield of his cruiser
Wake County Sheriff’s Deputy Ned Byrd was fatally shot outside his vehicle with his K-9 still inside the vehicle
Deputy Ned Byrd was fatally shot “more than once” while outside of the unmarked SUV he was driving
Maurica Manyan, 25, had gathered with a group of trainees to take a picture with retired Lt. Jesse Porter, who pulled his gun and shot Manyan in the chest
After returning to his patrol vehicle, Cpl. Chad Beattie began feeling ill and collapsed
Officer Thomas Decker was murdered on November 29, 2012, and the residents of Cold Spring, Minnesota want to make sure his sacrifice is never forgotten
The slaying of three officers was the deadliest for law enforcement in a single incident in Kentucky since 1923
One day before his death, Noah Shahnavaz stopped to compliment the mural’s artist, not knowing the artwork would eventually pay tribute to his ultimate sacrifice
Deputy Andrew Peery, 39, was among three officers who responded to a 911 call near a high school
“Noah destroyed any barriers that got in his way,” Officer Shahnavaz’s mother said in her eulogy
A baton training session was being conducted by a retired MPD lieutenant, who, at some point, fired a shot
Investigators said the shooter, unprovoked, approached the officers’ unmarked vehicle from behind and fired at least 17 rounds
Sgt. Jean-Harold Astree, 54, was driving an unmarked police vehicle when it collided with a truck
Vincent Parks, 38, died during a training exercise on his first day at the academy
Of the LEOs shot and wounded in the line of duty, 39 were killed – a statistic “outpacing last year’s historic numbers”
Sgt. Matthew Fishman, 38, died after he was shot while serving involuntary commitment papers
The gunman was sentenced to a 25-year prison term in 2006 for shooting at Indianapolis officers; he was released in 2019
The tree crushed the passenger cabin of the patrol car, killing Deputy Jamie Reynolds instantly
