
Puerto Rico Correctional Officer Pedro Rodríguez-Mateo succumbed to head injuries sustained the previous day when he was attacked by an inmate at the Ponce Maximum Security Facility.
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The bill would make it a Class E felony to throw or spray water or any other substance against an on-duty police officer, and would carry a possible maximum sentence of four years behind bars.
Read More →An officer with the West Palm Beach Police Department was stabbed by a female suspect at a domestic disturbance call on Monday afternoon.
Read More →Former NYPD chief Louis Anemone said Monday that Mayor Bill de Blasio does not sufficiently support police, leading to a climate in the Big Apple that led to recent incidents of young people dousing police officers with buckets of water.
Read More →“We love our Law Enforcement Officers all around this great Country. What took place in NYC with water being tossed on NYPD officers was a total disgrace,” tweeted Trump. “It is time for @NYCMayor @BilldeBlasio to STAND UP for those who protect our lives and serve us all so well …”
Read More →A man who fled police and led an officer in a foot pursuit reportedly fired gunshots in the direction of the officer earlier this week.
Read More →One component of the Ferguson Effect is the glorification of anti-police sentiment, anti-police protests that turn violent, and attacks on officers—both verbal and physical. The latest social media videos of attacks on officers serve as proof that this wrongheaded thinking undeniably exists.
Read More →"We ask police officers to put their lives on the line for our communities every day. We demand that they serve and protect us all. In exchange, we should show the N.Y.P.D. respect when its officers are lawfully doing exactly what we have asked them to do."
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Police in New York City have arrested three men in connection with the water bucket attacks in which police officers were doused with water in videos that were posted to social media on Monday.
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The NYC Police Benevolent Association posted on its Facebook page a video of a young man verbally abusing a police officer on a subway train.
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