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The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) will honor 363 fallen officers who have died in the line of duty as their names are added to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial during the annual Candlelight Vigil on May 13.
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Designer Jeremy Valdez says the main motivation for this multi-tool design arises from his 2009 deployment to Afghanistan. During combat operations, Valdez was involved in a helicopter crash. In the chaotic aftermath, the small folder he had during the incident failed to perform when he was cutting straps and pulling fellow soldiers out of the burning wreckage.
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The ISP investigation concluded that Reed was armed, that he fired two shots after he had been tased by Officer Dejoure Mercer and that he was then shot multiple times by Mercer, including while they were facing each other.
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Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said investigators believe Sgt. Sean Rios was on his way to work at Bush Intercontinental Airport when he responded to reports of shots fired between the drivers of a Mercedes and a white truck.
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“I paid for a ride. He says he canceled it,” City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty told the dispatcher, who told her it was the driver’s right to do so. “So I’m going to sit here until he sends me another ride,” she said, with the dispatcher patiently telling her that only she could order one.
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The board will also look into whether in the future the position should be appointed, like the Los Angeles Police Department chief, rather than elected. Another proposal under consideration is to create a county police department, diluting the power of the sheriff.
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The man then got into the empty police car, turned it around and drove toward officers, he said. The man struck and killed one of his family members who was in the road. She had come to the scene to try to help “de-escalate the situation,” according to Hector Velez, the interim police chief in Prince George’s County.
Read More →The Las Cruces (NM) Police Department reports that a police lieutenant was stabbed on Monday morning while assisting with the apprehension of a rape suspect who fled on foot from a residence.
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A passerby called 911 at 6:16 a.m. after seeing Deputy Daryl Shuey, 57, unresponsive in a parking lot, according to a Pierce County Sheriff’s Department.
Read More →The 55-year-old deputy--who was originally thought to have been shot in the back--suffered abrasions and cuts when a cellphone he was carrying in a pocket was shattered by a bullet fired by a suspect, and the phone effectively slowed or stopped the bullet, police say.
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City leaders are considering whether to bring in deputies from the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office and officers from the Metro Transit police to help.
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