Line-of-Duty Death (LODD)
Multiple roadway LODDs in early 2020 are tragic reminders of the importance of time, distance and shielding to reduce hot zone risk
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Steven Carrillo shot and killed Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s deputy Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller during a firefight with law enforcement
Five people were arrested with ties to the three men charged in Deputy Darren Almendarez’s death
Constable Deborah Martinez-Garibay was serving the notice with an apartment manager when the suspect opened fire
Kevin Johnson, 36, is scheduled to die by lethal injection for the death of 43-year-old Kirkwood Police Sgt. Bill McEntee
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The officer was pursuing a stolen vehicle at the time while driving without emergency lights or sirens
Police officials said the helicopter went down after it hit a power line
“I can tell you with 100% confidence he was planning on killing any law enforcement that came to his house,” Chief Wade Gourley said
Officer Ivan Lopez was driving home when a pickup truck sped through a stop sign and hit his police vehicle
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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
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“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
The Public Safety Officer Support Act supports first responders who experienced PTSD or died by suicide following exposure to certain traumatic events
“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
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