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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 12, 2011

Texas Officer Critically Wounded Answering "Shots Fired" Call

Snyder police officer Darrell Campbell was shot by an unidentified gunman at 12:25 a.m. Tuesday, according to a news release from the Snyder Police Department.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 9, 2011

Texas Officer Killed when Suspect Plows Into Cruiser

Officer Bryan Hebert was pulling the stop stick and safety vest from his cruiser's trunk at 10:41 p.m. Friday when his cruiser was struck head-on by a 2008 Dodge Nitro SUV driven by 30-year-old John Wesley Nero.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 5, 2011

Texas Town Cuts Police Department

The City Council in Alto, Texas, has essentially eliminated its police department, reducing the police budget to zero and coordinating with the Cherokee County Sheriff's Officer to handle calls for the 1,200-resident town.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 27, 2011

Video: Texas Deputy Killed In Head-On with Pickup

One Brazoria County (Texas) Sheriff's deputy was killed and a second was critically injured in a late-Sunday crash with a pickup truck that struck their cruiser head on.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 11, 2011

Dallas Officer's Killer Won't Face Death Penalty

A Dallas County jury returned a guilty verdict against a man who fatally shot a police officer attempting to serve an arrest warrant, and also rejected a capital murder charge.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 10, 2011

Houston Officer Shoots Two Men Breaking into His Home

Lt. Donald Hamilton, 53, said he was getting ready for his shift at the Houston Police Department's Southeast Patrol Division about 6 p.m. when he heard a knock at his front door, on President's Drive near Cullen.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 7, 2011

Accused Dallas Cop Killer Says He Didn't Know Police Were at His Door

Charles Payne testified this morning in his death penalty trial for allegedly shooting and killing a Dallas police officer that after asking who was at the door and not hearing a response, he got his gun from under the couch. He then cracked opened the door and it hit him in the face.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 6, 2011

Video: Texas Officers Support Rice U. Cop Fired for Responding to Officer Down Call

Officer David Sedmak’s trouble began when he heard a radio call on May 7 about a shooting at a downtown Houston Greyhound station. After learning that an officer had been shot, Sedmak left the campus – two minutes away from the scene – and rushed to the scene to help. Officers said Sedmak was a hero, but Rice University fired him for dereliction of duty.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 2, 2011

Prosecution Rests in Trial of Accused Dallas Cop Killer

The last witness called by prosecutors, Dr. Reade Quinton, who performed the autopsy on Sr. Cpl. Norm Smith, testified that the bullet wound to his left eye “was almost immediately a fatal shot.”

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 2, 2011

Houston Officer Killed by Drunk Driver Remembered as Hero

Will’s last words were a shouted warning that saved the life of a civilian witness Will was interviewing as Johoan Rodriguez’s vehicle crashed through a police barrier and barreled toward them. Rodriguez has been charged in connection with Will’s death.

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