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News•by Staff Writer•January 13, 2020

Metro D.C. Officer Struck by Vehicle Seriously Injured

An officer with the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department was struck by a passing vehicle and severely injured while directing traffic at the scene of a collision involving a suspected stolen vehicle over the weekend.

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News•by Staff Writer•January 13, 2020

Kentucky Officer Credited with Talking Suicidal Woman Down From Bridge

An officer with the Harlan (KY) Police Department is being credited with saving the life of a suicidal woman who was perched on a highway overpass and in jeopardy of jumping or falling to her death over the weekend.

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News•by Staff Writer•January 13, 2020

Arkansas Judge Refuses to Stay Decision to Reinstate Fired Officer

An Arkansas judge has ruled that he will not stay an earlier decision to reinstate an officer who had been fired following the fatal shooting of Bradley Blackshire during a traffic stop in February of last year.

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News•by Staff Writer•January 13, 2020

Texas Agency Moves to Load-Bearing Vests to Mitigate Duty Belt Injuries

Officers with the Austin (TX) Police Department will soon be outfitted with custom-designed load-bearing vests (LBVs) to secure some of their duty gear that is now carried on their duty belts.

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News•by Staff Writer•January 10, 2020

Tennessee Trooper Shot, Wounded During Pursuit

Troopers tried to stop a vehicle heading north from downtown Chattanooga when they began to exchange gunfire.

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News•by Staff Writer•January 10, 2020

North Carolina Officer Returns to Duty 1 Year After Being Shot

Officer Charles Ainsworth—who was shot multiple times as he was responding to a stolen vehicle call in January of last year—has returned to duty.

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News•by Staff Writer•January 10, 2020

Veteran Illinois Officer Shot During Active Shooter Incident Retires

Officer James Zegar served more than a quarter century in law enforcement.

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News•by Staff Writer•January 10, 2020

Police Impostor Among 3 Arrested for Selling PCP in Oklahoma

One of three people arrested for allegedly selling PCP at an apartment complex in Oklahoma City on Wednesday was posing as a police officer at the time of her arrest.

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News•by Staff Writer•January 10, 2020

Virginia Department HQ Shuttered Briefly After Release of Unknown Substance

The headquarters building of the Chilhowie (VA) Police Department was abandoned and shuttered on Thursday when an officer processing evidence following an arrest accidentally allowed the release of an unknown substance into the air.

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News•by Staff Writer•January 9, 2020

Foundation Paying Off Mortgage of Fallen Tennessee Officer

A foundation named for Stephen Siller—a fallen 9/11 firefighter—has pledged to pay off the mortgage of Officer Spencer Bristol of the Hendersonville (TN) Police Department, who was fatally struck by a vehicle while engaged in a foot pursuit of a suspect in late December.

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