The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) has issued a report saying firearms-related deaths of police officers have spiked nearly 80% in 2016 over the same period in 2015. The report covers the period from Jan. 1 through July 20.
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On Monday, Greene County Circuit Judge Calvin Holden overturned the murder and hindering convictions and sentenced Brown to 10 years on the drug charge and 7 years on the tampering charge, according to Cedar County Prosecuting Attorney Ty Gaither. The sentences are to be served concurrently.
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Wyandotte County (KS) District Attorney Jerome Gorman announced the alleged killer of veteran police captain Robert Melton will face capital murder charges.
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Correctional officer Mari Johnson, 55, was found unresponsive and later pronounced dead. She began working for the department in 2009.
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Corrections officer Kris Moules, 25, was killed in a fight with an inmate Monday night at the Luzerne County Prison in Wilkes-Barre, PA, when the two men fell down an elevator shaft.
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Capt. Robert Melton was shot at 22nd and Haskell. One person is in custody, another has been detained.
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Sunday morning, three police officers were killed in an ambush attack in Baton Rouge, LA. Two Baton Rouge Police Department officers have been identified as Montrell Jackson, 32, and Matthew Gerald, 41. The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Deputy has been identified as Brad Garafola, 45.
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The man who fatally shot three law enforcement officers in Baton Rouge, LA, and wounded three others on Sunday morning "was targeting officers," state police officials said Monday.
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Today, I join all members of the law enforcement family and caring citizens across our nation in expressing profound grief and outrage over the murders of three Louisiana law enforcement professionals and the wounding of three others by what appears to be an armed assassin.
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