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Newsby Staff WriterApril 26, 2011

L.A.-Area Shooting Leaves Officer, 2 Others Wounded; Suspect Dead

Monterey Park Police Department officer Gilbert Alvarez was hospitalized for treatment of a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the head and several other injuries sustained while falling, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 20, 2011

Suspect Shot at Calif. Elementary School After Fleeing from Officers

Police responded to a disturbance call at Johnson Elementary School in El Cajon, Calif., and attempted to talk to the men, reports San Diego 6 News. The men ran from police in separate directions.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 18, 2011

School Agent Returned Fire with Shot Cop's Gun During NYC Retail Robbery

Anthony Presley, 39, attempted to thwart the robbery in Bedford-Stuyvesant on Saturday night. He was shot in the shoulder. The school agent then grabbed Presley's Glock and chased off the robbers.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 14, 2011

Arizona Cop's OIS Involved White Supremacist

Responding officers initially suspected they were responding to a domestic violence situation. When officers arrived, Cody Schaible began yelling at them and, when he made a threatening move toward police, an officer fired at him. Schaible had known ties to a white supremacist group.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 13, 2011

S.C. Deputy Shoots Armed Man, After Discovering Wife's Body

A Cherokee County (S.C.) Sheriff's deputy shot a man who pointed a handgun at him, after the deputy discovered the body of the man's wife, who had apparently been dead for several days.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 10, 2011

Texas Sgt. Who Lost Eye In Shotgun Blast Recounts Encounter

Sgt. James Kelemen Sr. recounted the encounter with a man he knew wanted "suicide by cop," when he responded to the call of a man threatening an employee at a bakery.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 5, 2011

Missouri Deputy Resigns, After Shooting Chihuahua

Dep. Kelly Barks was responding to a domestic disturbance call in February, when she encountered three growling dogs, including the Chihuahua. Barks fired at the dog, left the home, and returned to fire two more shots at the dog.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 29, 2011

California Deputy Fires at Subject During Traffic Stop

The deputies stopped 24-year-old Johnny Angel Ochoa, who was wanted on child endangerment and vandalism charges in Bay Point. After Ochoa gave the deputies a false name, he tried to speed away. One of the deputies had attempted to yank the keys out of the ignition of the vehicle, which struck the second deputy.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 29, 2011

Video: Surveillance Footage Clarifies Walmart OIS

The shooting occurred on Jan. 23 at about 4 p.m., when Kitsap County (Wash.) Sheriff's Office deputies approached Anthony Martinez in a Walmart parking lot in Port Orchard.

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Inside the Badge by Dean ScovilleMarch 29, 2011

A Good Argument for Thinking Some Very Bad Thoughts

I thought it was universally understood throughout our profession that when we fail to train, we train for failure.

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