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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 26, 2008

Albuquerque Officer Killed in Home Shotgun Accident

Lt. Todd Parkins, 38, was killed Wednesday when his shotgun accidentally went off inside his Cedar Crest home. He was standing near his wife and one of his sons when the gun went off.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 26, 2008

NYPD Admits Error in Death of Disturbed Man

NYPD brass said yesterday that the two cops involved in the death of a nude, mentally unstable Brooklyn man who toppled from a ledge after being Tasered had apparently screwed up, and moved swiftly to sideline them.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 25, 2008

Georgia Officer’s Family Angered by Execution Delay

Arm-in-arm with the Rev. Al Sharpton, Troy Davis’ exultant family and a busload of supporters sang, wept and prayed Tuesday when they learned he was granted a temporary reprieve from the U.S. Supreme Court just hours before he was to be executed.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 23, 2008

N.C. Cop-Killing Suspect Called "Peaceable" by Neighbors

The image is in stark contrast to the crimes he's accused of: Authorities say Brinkley shot two Caldwell County sheriff's deputies Friday night, one fatally, before fleeing.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 23, 2008

Philadelphia Police Officer Killed, Another Wounded; Gunman Dead

A Philadelphia police officer was killed and another officer was injured during a shootout this afternoon in North Philadelphia about three blocks from the Temple University campus. The suspected gunman was killed.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 5, 2008

Slain Washington Officer's Love of Animals Evolved into a Deputy's Job

It was on patrol at 2:50 p.m. that Dep. Anne Jackson responded to a trespassing call. Investigators don't yet know what happened next but they believe 28-year-old Isaac Zamora of Alger, a man Jackson had been called about before, shot and killed her, another man and four more people before his arrest hours later.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 4, 2008

Wounded Omaha Officer's Condition Improves

An Omaha police officer who was critically wounded in a shooting Aug. 20 has been upgraded to good condition at Creighton University Medical Center.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 21, 2008

Shooting of N.C. Deputy Triggers SWAT Standoff Near Charlotte

The deputy was shot about 5 a.m., but there is no word what led to the incident. Police say the injured Union County, N.C., sheriff's deputy was taken to Carolinas Medical Center, and that his injuries are not life-threatening. Police radio reports indicate the deputy was shot in the shoulder.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 21, 2008

Miami Police Fatally Shoot Suspect Who Fired on Cop, Dog

A man armed with two shotguns and a pistol was shot to death by Miami cops in Allapattah on Wednesday morning—but not before he wounded a sergeant and a police dog.

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Articlesby Dean ScovilleMay 1, 2008

Lessons of Survival

On Easter Sunday 1998, I was injured when a suspect ambushed another deputy and myself with an AK-47. In the shooting's aftermath, I considered how I owed my survival to formal and informal training that others had given me.

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