Officer Down
“Captain [James] Myers provided ‘service above self’ to the Orangeburg community for over a quarter of a century,” his obituary reads; Myers was killed by Mikal Mahdi in 2004
Wood County Deputy Melissa Pollard was fatally injured when she hit the truck from behind in her cruiser
The man fled a traffic stop, drove through two red lights and smashed into the passenger side of Hartford Police Officer Robert “Bobby” Garten’s cruiser
In addition to his corrections work, reserve officer Joseph Johnson volunteered as a firefighter and contributed to his community as a private security officer
Officer Sean Collier was killed during an encounter with the Tsarnaev brothers who were responsible for the bombing
Nyssa officer Joseph Johnson was shot while he was still in his vehicle after pulling the suspect over
Emily Breidenbach, 32, and Hunter Scheel, 23, were killed last week in a shootout with a suspect
“I’m numb at this moment. Josh came into this world April 15, 1979 and on this day was taken from us,” his father wrote
Nyssa officer Joseph Johnson, 43, died after a man he had pursued in a car shot at him
One deputy was treated for his injuries at the hospital and released
“We can best honor Sean’s sacrifice and legacy by our care for one another and for the greater good in the world,” the Gannon family said
Officer Trevor Abney was ambushed and shot below the left eye, leaving him blinded in that eye and with a .40-caliber bullet lodged in his brain
Officer Hunter Scheel was in the Army National Guard and volunteered for Afghanistan, and Officer Emily Breidenbach was engaged to be married