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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 27, 2010

'Onion Field' Cop Killer Denied Parole

A California parole board has elected to keep Gregory Powell, whose killing of officer Ian Campbell in 1963 was chronicled in Joseph Wambaugh's "The Onion Field," in prison.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 26, 2010

Governor Salutes N.Y. Trooper's Bubbly Personality At Memorial

Police say Mattice, 31, was driving a cruiser back to the barracks in upstate New York from her shift at a central New York school when she apparently drifted into the oncoming lane and collided with a tractor-trailer.

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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 17, 2010

Transient Who Killed Los Angeles Airport Officer Gets Life

William Sadowski, 51, carjacked officer Thomas Scott's patrol vehicle in April 2005, dragging the officer for a quarter of a mile before striking a fire hydrant, killing the officer instantly.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 30, 2009

Florida Recruit's Heart 'Just Gave Out On Him'

Williams, who had left his masters program in psychology, had completed his coursework at the Daytona State College police academy. Williams collapsed, after completing the agency's pre-employment agility test.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 29, 2009

Ambushed Wash. Deputy Succumbs to Wounds

A Pierce County, Wash., Sheriff's deputy who was shot last week while responding to a domestic violence dispute in Eatonville died Monday at Harborview Medical Center.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 13, 2009

Number of Officers Killed By Gunfire Spikes In 2009

While total duty deaths fell in 2009, the number of officers killed by gunfire rose drastically, according to preliminary data released by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 7, 2009

Penn Hills Officer Killed As He Waited For Backup

Penn Hills police officer Michael Crawshaw was shot and killed as he waited in his patrol car for backup units to arrive, after responding to a crime scene, WTAE TV reports.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 30, 2009

Slain Washington Officers Respected for Careers, Family Life

The four victims of Sunday morning's shooting were veteran officers who brought a range of talents to the fledgling Lakewood Police Department when it was created in 2004, according to Lakewood Police Chief Bret Farrar.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 30, 2009

Police Believe Lakewood Cop-Killing Suspect May Be Dead

Maurice Clemmons, the man suspected of killing four Lakewood police officers Sunday in a Parkland coffee shop, was shot and perhaps seriously wounded by one of the officers before fleeing, Pierce County sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer said this morning.

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