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The driver turned his car around and struck the cruiser head-on, then backed up and hit the officer
The assailant approached the officer from behind, struck her in the head with a bottle, grabbed her hair and began throwing punches
The Indianola officer deployed stop sticks, but due to windy conditions, the sticks blew around and got caught under the suspect’s vehicle
Officer Nickolas Wilt was on the job for just 10 days when he was critically wounded by the active shooter at Old National Bank
In addition to his corrections work, reserve officer Joseph Johnson volunteered as a firefighter and contributed to his community as a private security officer
Riverside County’s K-9 Rudy had taken first place in the handler protection category
Nyssa officer Joseph Johnson was shot while he was still in his vehicle after pulling the suspect over
“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
“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
Good Samaritans began knocking on the windshield and climbing on the cruiser to try to reach the 24-year-old deputy
Flight data shows the Baton Rouge helicopter ascended sharply and seesawed in speed before crashing, contrary to an earlier FAA report about hitting a tree
Dissenting judge highly critical of fellow judges concluding: “the rule of law [they treat] as clearly established … could well make the difference in whether officers like Agdeppa and Rodriguez make it out of a violent altercation alive.”
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“Dude, you hit me head-on with that bike,” a Marion County deputy said
Messiah Nantwi was free on $300,000 bail, charged for the attempted murder of officers who confronted him about spraying graffiti
The video shows the moments when police arrived on scene as the shooter they couldn’t see from the street rained bullets down on them
An unknown truck driver pulled the deputy to safety after he was ejected from his cruiser onto the interstate
Trooper Andrew Tuttle had stopped to help when a man holding the driver at gunpoint opened fire on the trooper
The agency will use the L3Harris PatrolSim simulator for routine training for new and existing officers and remedial training for officers who get into accidents
Video from several officers shows the standoff and shooting involving an escaped parolee
A Bear Lake County deputy was wounded after shooting himself while handling what he believed was a non-lethal training pistol
“If I don’t get to put the uniform on, it’ll be a bad day,” said Trooper Atkinson
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
Officer Nickolas Wilt is in critical but stable condition after undergoing emergency brain surgery
Hours before stealing a car, Terrell Thompson had appeared in court for hit-and-run charges and was placed on probation
Eric Abril was initially sought for questioning about an earlier freeway shooting
There was extensive damage to the front of the station and lobby area
Two of the three officers shot during an undercover fentanyl drug investigation have been released from the hospital
City attorneys say that the inadvertent release of the photos poses a safety risk to the officers
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