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Patrolby StaffJune 4, 2024

Maryland Parole Officer Murdered Checking on Sex Offender

Montgomery County police say just before 6 p.m. on Friday, May 31, officers responded to a home in Chevy Chase to conduct a welfare check after parole Officer Davis Martinez didn't report back to the agency.

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Patrolby StaffJune 4, 2024

Illinois Officer Named National SRO of the Year

"Officer [Armando] Dominguezhas helped prevent students from harming themselves or ending up behind bars. To quote the superintendent, ‘SRO Dominguez is the type of person we all aspire to be,” said Mo Canady, executive director of NASRO.

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Patrolby StaffJune 4, 2024

Streamlight Celebrates 25 Years of Sponsoring Concerns of Police Survivors

Streamlight’s 2024 contribution as a C.O.P. S. Guardian Sponsor totaled $146,000, including proceeds from recent sales of its “blue” C.O.P.S. logoed products.

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Investigationsby StaffJune 3, 2024

Maryland Police Recover 15,000 Stolen Tools Thanks to Carpenter’s Use of AirTags

The Howard County Police Department announced the bust on late last month, calling the case "one of the largest and most expansive theft cases in the region in recent years."

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Patrolby StaffJune 3, 2024

2 NYPD Officers Shot in Gunfight with Migrant Suspect

The suspect has been identified by law enforcement as Bernardo Raul Castro Mato, 19, a Venezuelan migrant who entered the U.S. through Eagle Pass, Texas, in July 2023. His last known address was a migrant shelter at a hotel in Queens.

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Patrolby StaffJune 3, 2024

Florida Sheriff Fires Deputy Over Fatal Shooting

An internal investigation of the May 3 shooting found Deputy Eddie Duran’s use of deadly force that ended in the death of Senior Airman Roger Fortson was not reasonable, according to a statement from the sheriff’s office.

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Patrolby StaffJune 3, 2024

Arizona Tribal Officer Killed Responding to Disturbance

Joshua Briese, who had been with the Police Department for less than a year, and another officer responded to a disturbance call involving a large crowd. Multiple gunshots were fired and both officers were struck.

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Patrolby StaffMay 31, 2024

California Agency Releases Video of Skateboard Attack on Officer That Resulted in Injury and OIS

The officer’s head injury led to him withdrawing from the pursuit. Responding officers rushed him to a fire station where he and his fellow officers mistakenly told the firefighters that he had been shot in the head.

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Trainingby StaffMay 31, 2024

California Agency’s Training Exercise Exposes Elementary School to Chemical Agents

The San Francisco Sheriff’s Office, which oversaw the crowd-control training exercise on May 21 and launched an investigation of the incident, has apologized to the students and their families as well as the faculty.

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Patrolby StaffMay 31, 2024

Minneapolis Officer Killed by Wounded Man He was Helping

Officer Jamal Mitchell, 36, was fatally shot Thursday while rendering aid to people wounded at the scene, according to Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Superintendent Drew Evans.

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