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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 22, 2014

Friendly Fire Kills California Detective

The officer's weapon discharged Tuesday during a probation search at an apartment complex in the eastern Alameda County bedroom community of Dublin, Calif., killing 42-year-old Detective Sgt. Tom Smith.

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Articlesby Amaury MurgadoJanuary 15, 2014

Don't Become a Statistic

Can we ever stop law enforcement officers from being killed? I don't think so, but we don't have to make it any easier for it to happen either. There are things we should be doing that are well within our reach, but we don't.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 13, 2014

Tennessee Deputy Killed in Single-Car Accident

Montgomery County (Tenn.) Sheriff’s Deputy David (Bubba) Johnson was killed in a single-car accident while on duty yesterday.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 13, 2014

Reckless Driving Bill to Punish Killing LEOs Introduced in Va. Senate

Trooper Fox, 27, a Tazewell, Va., native was directing traffic at the Virginia State Fair on Oct. 5, 2012, when a driver leaving the fair ran over him. The reckless driving bill requested by the family of Virginia State Trooper Andrew Fox has been introduced in the Virginia State Senate.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 13, 2014

Virginia State Police Sergeant Dies in Car Crash

An on-duty Virginia State Police sergeant died early Saturday after he was found in an unmarked patrol car that had veered off the road in Henry County.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 30, 2013

Law Enforcement Fatalities Dip to Lowest Level in Six Decades

According to preliminary data compiled by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, 111 law enforcement officers were killed in the line of duty in 2013. This is an 8% decrease from 2012.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 19, 2013

Detroit Officer Wounded In Gunfight Dies

A Detroit Police officer struck by gunfire by a murder suspect in April has succumbed to his wounds. Officer Patrick Hill died Saturday.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 16, 2013

Texas Officer Killed In Hydroplaning Crash

Austin (Texas) Police Lt. Clay Crabb died Wednesday in a crash on the way to work when his patrol vehicle slid off a rain-slick stretch of U.S. 290. He would have turned 43 on Thursday.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 9, 2013

Calif. Cop Killer Found Dead In Prison

A cop killer sentenced to death for ambushing two Riverside County (Calif.) Sheriff's deputies committed suicide late Friday in his prison cell. Timothy Russell, 53, was found unconscious late Friday.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 3, 2013

Deputy Killed In West Texas Convenience Store

Upton County (Texas) Sheriff's Deputy Billy "Bubba" Kennedy was shot and killed in a shootout with a suspect in a McCarney convenience store late Wednesday.

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