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Deputy Isaiah Cordero, 32, was conducting a traffic stop when the suspect pulled out a gun and shot him as he approached the vehicle
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After the passerby joined the scuffle to help police, the suspect managed to grab one officer’s gun and fire it, with one bullet passing through the Samaritan’s sweatshirt
The officer was standing outside of the vehicle that was involved in the crash when he noticed a truck coming toward him
“When someone does a good job, the officers don’t typically come forward, but other officers will say ‘Hey, why don’t you look at this person’s body camera, they did a really good job’”
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Paperwork, computers, fingerprint machines, printers, weapons, ballistic vests and gun belts for the department’s officers were destroyed
Homicides dropped by 20%, while the number of shootings decreased from 672 in 2021 to around 440 this year
Cpl. Ray Hamilton was a five-year veteran of the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office
The officer, his wife and children were not at home when the fire occurred
“Everything was in slow motion, and I saw a flash. Suddenly I was down on my stomach, but I didn’t even know I was shot.”
Officers had recovered a “high capacity handgun” during the suspect’s initial arrest, but he was in possession of a second hidden gun on his body
Kyle Mellard was awarded Officer of the Year for saving the lives of fellow officers by warning them of an ambush while taking fire himself
Evidence shows the teen fired at officers first after shooting six people, fatally wounding five; the suspect later died due to a self-inflicted gunshot wound
BWC video shows the suspect pull a handgun from his waist and shoot an officer twice, hitting him in the body before another officer returned fire
As she tried to get her gun holstered, the officer heard one gunshot and was struck in the leg by the gunfire
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After striking the PD’s security door with a chainsaw, the man drove home when police arrived and began “dangling a pair of young children from a window”
A motive is still unclear, but police say the man had a history of mental illness
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Whether aimed or not, it is clear that firearm assaults can be much faster than the time needed for an effective response
Brodnax Police Chief Joe Carey, 66, had pulled off to the side of the road to recover the remains of an animal when he was struck returning to his vehicle
The officer, whose home was destroyed by a fire as a child just before the holidays, empathized with the woman’s life-changing event
“To me, it just feels like a challenge I have to overcome,” Officer Tyler Moldovan said
The changes include centralizing the Crisis Intervention Team and equipping CIT officers with less lethal weapons such as Bolawraps
The bill will help PDs adopt de-escalation training when encountering individuals with mental health issues in an effort to reduce officer-involved fatalities
More police officers recently lost their lives because of a knowing disregard for our collectively agreed-upon firearm safety measures
A hotel owner was on a smoke break when he rushed to help the officer, using his radio to call for help
Once the fire is under control, police property specialists will go inside and see what has been destroyed and what can be salvaged
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