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The NLEOMF's Officers of the Month are honored each May during National Police Week in D.C. POLICE Magazine captured the courageous tales of some of these "living legends" from 2009. Officer Sean Fleming of the Chesapeake (Va.) PD—picked as the November officer—exchanged gunfire after a pursuit and, despite being struck four times, neutralized the suspect.
Read More →Cpl. Bruce McKay of the Franconia (N.H.) Police Department ended his watch on May 11, 2007. McKay stopped a suspect after a brief pursuit. After being pepper sprayed, the suspect shot the officer four times, killing him. The suspect then ran over the officer. A civilian intervened and shot the suspect with the officer's service weapon.
Read More →Tom Coleman, a 7-year CHP veteran, was killed he crashed into a big rig while chasing a Ford Focus in Redlands. The four people inside the car were arrested after the Focus crashed into another vehicle moments later.
Read More →The police Explorer is expected to be a pursuit-rated, four-wheel drive vehicle to compete with the police Chevrolet Tahoe, which is offered in pursuit-rated two-wheel drive and four-wheel driver versions.
Read More →Officers later found a stolen .44-Magnum handgun in the trunk of his rented Ford Mustang.
Read More →The state parolee and robbery suspect who led police on a high-speed pursuit that ended in a shootout with Sonoma County (Calif.) Sheriff's deputies had an extensive criminal record that included battery on a police officer, residential robbery, assault with a deadly weapon.
Read More →The investigation revealed that officers, who were pursuing a carjacking suspect during rush-hour traffic, were not in compliance with the agency's pursuit policy that is one of the most strict in the country.
Read More →When he crashed, Officer Eydelmen Mani was responding to a car chase involving a stolen vehicle. Late Tuesday, Mani was traveling on the North Freeway when he lost control of his vehicle and slammed into a guardrail.
Read More →The StarChase pursuit management system uses a grille-mounted launcher and tracker tag that attached to a vehicle and sending location coordinates to dispatchers, so patrol units can pursue suspects at a safe distance.
Read More →A suspect who allegedly killed his estranged wife has surrendered to police after a three-hour standoff and 150-mile chase that resulted in the closure of Interstate 85 in N.C.
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