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The 30-year-old officer was struck by a box truck and thrown onto the asphalt; his motorcycle then struck a wall and burst into flames
Kansas City Officer Hunter Simoncic, 26, was deploying stop sticks when the driver swerved toward him in what the chief called an intentional act
FOP data reports that at least 56 officers have been shot in ambush attacks in 2025, constituting more than 28% of the total number of officers shot in the line of duty
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Years before slain NYPD cop Rafael Ramos joined the department, he was an SRO trying to keep young kids out of trouble; one of those students is now an officer himself
Burnsville Police Officers Paul Elmstrand and Matthew Ruge and firefighter-paramedic Adam Finseth were killed trying to protect seven children inside the shooter’s home
Brent Simpson served in the Navy as an operation specialist with the Military Police before starting work as a K-9 officer at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department in 2006
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Officer Emilia Rennhack, who was married to an NYPD detective, was one of four people who were killed when a driver crashed into a nail salon
The suspect was killed in a shootout with Michigan State Police officers after fleeing the scene of the shooting and evading law enforcement for several hours
The man convicted in the 2020 death of Officer Tamarris Bohannon was ordered to serve two consecutive life sentences for first-degree murder and first-degree assault
The donation is one of several efforts to support the widow and family of Deputy Bradley Reckling, who was killed in an ambush shooting
Philip J. Michael, 51, was en route to serve a warrant on May 3 when his vehicle was struck by another driver who allegedly ran a red light
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“I feel like I’ve been given a responsibility greater than what is behind the NYPD...I’m just glad everyone’s here celebrating my grandfather,” Officer Henry Schiemann said
A nurse who lived nearby performed CPR on Deputy Richard Thompson until help arrived
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