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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 31, 2011

N.C. Officer Strikes Tree While Responding to ONA Call

Officer Russell Willingham, 28, responded to a 3:15 a.m. call from an officer asking for assistance after stopping a probable drunk driver who was weaving around the road.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 31, 2011

Fatigued Calif. Officer Dies After SWAT Training

Buena Park (Calif.) Police Officer Daniel Ackerman's tenure on his agency's part-time SWAT team was cut short, following his death after a physically grueling day of training.

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Articlesby Dean ScovilleJuly 25, 2011

Line-of-Duty Deaths: The War on Cops

A cursory glance at the numbers seemingly underscores such concerns. Thirty-one officers were feloniously shot and killed from January through mid-May 2011—a 34 percent increase over the same period a year before.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 20, 2011

Law Enforcement Fatalities by Gunfire Reaches 20-Year High

The 40 law officers killed by gunfire in the first half of 2011 marks the highest number in two decades in a year that's been especially deadly for those who wear the badge.

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Inside the Badge by Mariah HughesJuly 20, 2011

Affected Co-Workers Retreat Helps Officers Cope with LODDs

Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.) offered its first hands-on retreat for co-workers affected by a line-of-duty death in early October, and structured the event to specifically to make it possible for law enforcement officers and staff to talk through their experiences.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 14, 2011

S.C. Deputy Fatally Shot Searching Home

Dep. Roger Rice, who had completed police training in January, died as a result of gunfire sustained during a shootout with Bennie Ray Brown Jr., who had been released from jail two weeks ago and has a 20-year arrest record in the state.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 10, 2011

Responding Calif. Officer Killed In Collision with Second Unit

An Alhambra (Calif.) Police officer was killed early Sunday when he collided with another police cruiser while responding to a report of an armed robbery.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 9, 2011

North Dakota Sergeant Fatally Shot Approaching Man in Van

A Bismarck (N.D.) Police sergeant was shot while he and a second officer approached a suspect sitting in a vehicle outside a residence where he had allegedly threatened a woman with a knife.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 9, 2011

Texas Officer Killed when Suspect Plows Into Cruiser

Officer Bryan Hebert was pulling the stop stick and safety vest from his cruiser's trunk at 10:41 p.m. Friday when his cruiser was struck head-on by a 2008 Dodge Nitro SUV driven by 30-year-old John Wesley Nero.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 6, 2011

N.C. Officer Dies In Rappelling Accident

A Sanford (N.C.) Police officer has died in a "freak accident" after injuring himself while rappelling down a four-story building during a training exercise.

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