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Patrol
2 Utah Departments Mourn Deaths of 1 Off-Duty, 1 Retired Officer
Lieutenant (ret.) James Crowley had served with the West Valley (UT) Police Department. Sergeant Cory Peterson had served with the Unified Police Department.
November 5, 2018
Patrol
Memorial Fund Reports Duty Deaths Down 39% Last Year
The Memorial Fund’s "2023 End-of-Year Preliminary Law Enforcement Officers Fatalities Report" shows that 136 federal, state, county, municipal, military, tribal, and campus officers died in the line of duty in 2023.
January 11, 2024
Patrol
How Police Agencies Can Help Prevent K-9 Duty Deaths
A police K-9 is not just a member of the department—they are also a family member of the handler. Handlers and their K-9 partners basically spend their lives together—off duty and on—for many years. Most handlers keep their dogs after the animal is retired from active duty. The bond between a handler and "man's best friend" is truly unique. When a police dog dies in the line of duty, the emotional impact is just as difficult—albeit decidedly different—as when a human partner is killed.
October 5, 2018
SWAT
LEO Deaths Take No Holiday
All police, military and firefighters willingly understand and accept the duty, challenge, sacrifice, risk of their noble professions. We know full well the ever-present dangers that lurk in the shadows — dangers that include the possibility of serious injury or death.
December 16, 2010
Patrol
Police Duty Deaths Dropped 18% in 2019, NLEOMF Reports
The Memorial Fund announced Monday in its 2019 Preliminary End-of-Year Law Enforcement Fatalities Report that 128 federal, state, local, tribal and territorial officers died in the line of duty over the past year, representing an 18% decrease over the 157 officers who died in the line of duty in 2018.
December 30, 2019
Patrol
Fewer Covid-19 Fatalities Led to 61% Drop in Duty Deaths During 2022, Firearms Deaths Remain High
Firearms-related fatalities have claimed the lives of 64 officers in 2022, which mirrors the number of firearms-related fatalities in 2021. Both years represent a 21% increase in firearms-related deaths when compared to the average of 53 firearms-related fatalities from 2010-2020.
January 11, 2023
Special Units
Police Officer Line of Duty Deaths Decreased
An 11-percent decrease in line-of-duty deaths in 2005 compared to the same time last year can be partly attributed to increased use of bullet-resistant vests, say two law enforcement groups.
July 13, 2005
SWAT
Officer Survival 2010: How Can SWAT Prevent Duty Deaths?
So what can SWAT do to help? For the answer, we should look at SWAT's role in diffusing two of the deadliest threats to society in modern times: snipers and active shooters.
February 2, 2010
Patrol
More Officers Dying From Suicide Than Duty Deaths in 2017
After extensive research, a study by the Newton-based Ruderman Family Foundation found police officers and firefighters experience PTSD and depression at rates five times higher than the average public. More Here.
May 23, 2018
Patrol
Holder Calls for Federal Database of Officer-Involved Shootings and Duty Deaths
Holder said Thursday that improving the way this information is collected would simultaneously address concerns people have regarding police officer safety and civil liberties.
January 15, 2015
Training
(Video) 5 Tenets of "Below 100" Can Reduce Officer Deaths
POLICE Contributing Web Editor Doug Wyllie sits down with Below 100 Executive Director Roy Bethge to discuss the program and how it can reduce duty deaths.
August 30, 2019
Patrol
Video: More Officers Dying From Suicide Than Duty Deaths in 2017
A study by the Newton-based Ruderman Family Foundation found police officers and firefighters experience PTSD and depression at rates five times higher than the average public.
May 23, 2018
Patrol
Most Officer COVID-19 Deaths to be Eligible for Federal LODD Benefits
The President of the National Fraternal Order of Police—Patrick Yoes—today issued a statement lauding the determination that law enforcement and other public safety officers who file a death benefit claim through the Public Safety Officers’ Benefit (PSOB) program for a COVID-19 related death will be found by the Bureau of Justice Assistance to have contracted the disease in the line of duty in most cases.
April 10, 2020
Patrol
TX Man Gets 15 Years for Role in Deaths of Officer, Boy During Pursuit
Garrett William Nee has been sentenced for his actions on Father's Day, June 19, 2016, when he led police on a pursuit, causing a crash that killed Patton Village, TX, Police Sgt. Stacey Baumgartner and a young boy in his family's car.
January 31, 2018
Patrol
Line-of-Duty Deaths: Managing Risk
The rash of police murders and assaults this year is small compared to the body count inflicted on cops during the late 1960s and early 1970s. That era's law enforcement blood bath led to the adoption of better police tactics, more comprehensive police training, and the adoption of ballistic armor as standard police equipment.
August 11, 2011
Patrol
AG Holder: 2011 Duty Deaths 'Simply Unacceptable'
Duty deaths have spiked in 2011 with a 20% increase through March 22 compared to 2010. So far in 2011, 49 officers have died in the line of duty, according to preliminary data from NLEOMF. The spike in duty deaths began in 2010 after a two-year decline. There were 162 LODDs, 45 more than 2009.
March 21, 2011
Patrol
Duty Deaths Trending Down for 2019
“We are holding our breaths and hoping the trend continues,” Jim Pasco, the executive director of the National Fraternal Order of Police, told Fox News. “We are watching as closely as anybody.”
May 10, 2019
Patrol
Duty Deaths Down 66% from Last Year
Twenty-five officers were shot and killed during the first six months of the year, compared to 33 during the same period in 2022, a 24% decrease year over year.
July 11, 2023
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