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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 16, 2010

Shooter Uses High-Powered Rifle to Kill Georgia Officer

Lt. Mike Vogt was ambushed as he drove down a dirt road. He was able to reverse for about 50 yards and call for help, before his patrol car came to a stop.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 15, 2010

Washington Trooper Leaves Hospital, Suspect Arrested

Trooper Scott Johnson, the Washington State Patrol officer who was shot in the back of the head early Saturday, left the hospital Monday with bullet fragments remaining in his head from the incident.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 14, 2010

Washington Trooper Survives Execution-Style Head Shot

A Washington State Patrol trooper is reportedly resting and in good spirits, after taking a bullet to the head from an armed man who fired two shots at him as he prepared a vehicle for towing.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 8, 2010

Former Philly Officer Charged With Killing Unarmed Man

Former Philadelphia officer Frank Tepper will face murder charges for shooting and killing an unarmed man during a late-night melee in November, district attorney Seth Williams announced today.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 26, 2010

Machete-Wielding Man Told Doctor He Would 'Take Out' Officers

SF Chief Gascon released a voice recording 65-year-old Edward Smith left for his physician before being shot by an officer outside his home. Smith had ignored verbal commands to stop advancing toward the two officers with a machete.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 21, 2010

SHOT Show 2010: Safariland Honors Officers Involved In Shootings

Three officers who engaged armed suspects appeared at Safariland's booth at the SHOT Show today to tell the harrowing stories of experiences that resulted in their survival because they wore the company's body armor.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 20, 2010

Supreme Court Makes Mumia Abu-Jamal Death Sentence Possible

The Supreme Court threw out a 2008 ruling by an appeals court in Philadelphia that had set aside the death sentence of convicted cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal. The justices ordered the appeals court to revisit the ruling, which had said Abu-Jamal deserved a new hearing.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 18, 2010

Off-Duty Officer Shot During Movie Theater Robbery

Anthony Yip, 40, was waiting to buy a ticket at the Bridge theater, when a gunman attempted to rob the box office. Yip identified himself as an officer and attempted to stop the man, who opened fire, hitting Yip in the shoulder.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 12, 2010

Detroit Teen Gets 53 Years For Carjacking Officer

David Laston was convicted last month of shooting officer Thomas Rettig outside a southwest Detroit auto parts store.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 12, 2010

2,000 Mourn Slain Las Vegas Court Officer

About 2,000 friends and colleagues turned out to pay homage to Stan Cooper, the 72-year-old court security guard shot and killed Jan. 4 by a gunman with a grudge against the government.

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