CHP dispatch received the call of a wrong-way driver traveling northbound in the southbound lanes of Hwy. 99. While CHP units were headed to the area, a 911 caller said the driver was involved in a crash with a police motorcycle officer.
January 21, 2022
Three vehicles, one of which was parked at a gas station, were involved in the accident that happened around 3 a.m. One of the vehicles was driven by Officer Corille Jones, who was on duty at the time responding to a call.
January 20, 2022
The pleas wouldn’t pan out until 2017, when Jacobson’s great-granddaughter Gloria Hagestuen called Police Chief Bryan Schafer and said her cousin had recently given her a brittle photo of the officer.
January 18, 2022
Especially troubling is that a record number of officers killed—nearly half—had no engagement with their assailant before the attack.
January 14, 2022
A New Haven, CT, police officer who has been in a coma since being involved in a crash while answering a call in 2008, has died.
January 12, 2022
According to the case, Carl Wayne Buntion was a passenger in a car pulled over by Officer James Irby on June 27, 1990. While Irby and the driver were talking, Buntion slipped out of the vehicle and shot Irby once in the head then shot him twice in the back.
January 12, 2022
In the category of “Other” causes, which includes 301 COVID-19-related deaths, the number of fatalities is 338, an increase of 63% over 2020’s line-of-duty fatalities in this category.
January 12, 2022
According to Facebook messages obtained by federal prosecutors, Carrillo met Robert Alvin Justus Jr., the driver of the vehicle from which he is alleged to have opened fire on Underwood, through Facebook groups for the Boogaloo movement.
January 7, 2022
“We observed Officer (Shane) Bartek utilized training that he received in our police academy to try to disarm the suspect,” Interim Chief Wayne Drummond said. “Our conclusion in the review was that it was a line of duty death.”
January 6, 2022
Deputy III, Welton Locklear, 63, of Pembroke "suffered a heart attack in the parking lot of the church," the Robeson County SO said. CPR was provided immediately by church members, some of whom were first responders and a nurse
January 6, 2022
The number of officers shot in the line of duty last year is up from 312 officers shot in 2020, 47 of whom were killed, and 293 shot in 2019, 50 of whom were killed, according to an FOP analysis.
January 5, 2022
Trooper John Horton was conducting a traffic stop just before 9 p.m. in Rutherford County. Trooper John Horton’s brother, Trooper James Horton, was responding to assist with the traffic stop when he lost control of his car and collided with Trooper John Horton’s car.
January 4, 2022
The suspect Sullivan then chased Sgt. Rittmanic down the hallway and pinned her up against a door, prosecutors said. His gun became jammed at that point, and he began trying to unjam his own gun with his left hand while also trying to disarm Rittmanic with the other, prosecutors said.
January 3, 2022
Bradley Police Sgt. Marlene Rittmanic, 49, died at the hospital. Officer Tyler J. Bailey, 27, was critically wounded.
December 30, 2021
Authorities say Deputy Sean Riley responded to a motorist assist around 5 a.m. Wednesday on Interstate 64. A backup officer found his body.
December 29, 2021
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