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Statistics show that since 2000, there have been about 9.5 ambush killings of law enforcement officers per year nationwide, and that the number has been declining in recent years, to about six per year. But this year is off to a horrible start. There have already been five ambush killings in 2016.
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Accused shooter Michael Ford initially walked to the wrong building and that his brothers directed him to the police station. The document says Michael Ford had discussed with his brothers his plan to attack police and engage in a shootout.
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Police said a 2006 Kia driven by an unnamed 45-year-old man was driving north on Lee Trevino when he struck the police motorcycle, causing Ortiz to be thrown off.
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“I started to pull over to the side of the road, but that hadn’t even occurred all the way when the officer rushed around me… one or two seconds after he passed me, he hit the car, instead of me,” said Geren.
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A Washington, D.C.-area police officer is believed to have died from a round fired by another officer in a shooting brought on by a Maryland man's attempt at a filmed suicide by cop, police said Monday.
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A state trooper died after experiencing a medical emergency while training this morning, near the grounds of the West Virginia State Police Academy.
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Taylor was standing outside his patrol vehicle Saturday afternoon providing traffic control for a previous injury crash when he was hit, according to the CHP.
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Investigators say an SUV driving west in the eastbound lanes crashed head-on into Deputy John Kotfila's patrol cruiser as the deputy headed back to his station at 2:45 Saturday morning.
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Police say two suspects launched an attack on the police station in the 7600 block of Barlowe Road in Palmer Park as officers were "going about their business on a Sunday afternoon in their home."
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A Long Island, NY, man was sentenced to up to 12 years in prison Wednesday for the 2012 DWI-related death of a Nassau County police officer—even though he wasn’t driving the car that killed the officer.
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