Pressure from activists caused board members such as Gordon Mar (D) to publicly switch their positions ahead of Tuesday’s vote. Mar said Tuesday that he had grown “increasingly uncomfortable” with the precedent the policy would set for other cities.
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“The program introduces kids to police officers, but the students can also serve as ambassadors,” Capt. Wilson Lee said. “So, it’s a force multiplier in police recruitment.”
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According to authorities, the suspect was in a black Dodge Charger and followed a police officer unnoticed into the lot as the gate opened. He got out of his car holding an AR-style rifle.
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The trooper approached the SUV on the passenger side. The driver was non-compliant to the trooper's requests and drove away at a “high rate of speed” with the trooper trapped in the passenger side door, police say.
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“The primary focus of our Guns for Great Causes program has always been about children, which is why we are extremely proud to help support such an esteemed and worthwhile organization,” says Henry Repeating Arms CEO and founder Anthony Imperato.
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Sansom Park police officer Lina Mino was released from in-patient rehab on Friday after being shot in the face during a training exercise last month.
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Bristol police officer Alex Iurato was one of three officers who responded to a domestic disturbance call that turned out to be an ambush. Two other officers were killled. Even though he was wounded, Iurato was able to reach cover behind patrol vehicles and fired a shot at the suspect and killed him.
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The webinar will cover a wide variety of disaster response topics, including having a plan in place in advance of any natural disaster, keeping both public and first responders safe during and after, command and control, search and rescue, evacuations, preventing looting and crime, and managing return following an evacuation.
Read More →Sgt. Frank Gualdino, 53, was due to retire in August 2023, the commissioner said. He leaves behind a wife and two children.
Read More →Three emergency responders were injured and are expected to be OK: An officer had a gunshot wound to the face, another officer had a gunshot wound to the hand, and a firefighter received gunshot wounds to the face and leg.
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