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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 22, 2009

Three Police Sergeants Dead, Suspect Killed in East Oakland Gunbattles

In the most horrific day in Oakland Police Department history, a parolee shot to death three police sergeants within two hours of one another Saturday afternoon.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 22, 2009

Fourth Officer Dies After Deadliest Day in Oakland Police History

The number of officers who died in Oakland police's deadliest shooting grew to four this morning when Officer John Hege was pronounced dead.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 12, 2009

Texas Officer Killed by Fleeing Vehicle During Vehicle Pursuit

A 20-year Corpus Christi Police Department veteran likely was setting out spikes to flatten the tires of a fleeing vehicle when it struck and killed him early Wednesday, police said. Patrol Lt. Stuart Alexander was hit by an SUV about 12:10 a.m. in a grassy median along North Padre Island Drive between Bates and Agnes streets.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 19, 2009

Young Officer Becomes Seventh Philadelphia Cop Killed in Three Years

Another seemingly random shooting in North Philadelphia on Friday night claimed the life of yet another city police officer and cost the Northeast another son, brother, husband, father-to-be, neighbor and friend.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 29, 2009

Mass. State Police Captain Killed When Car Hits Pole on Route 1

Captain Richard J. Cashin, who joined law enforcement in 1980, the same year his uncle was shot to death while working as a Chelsea police officer, was the overnight shift commander for State Police Troop A, whose jurisdiction stretches from Revere to the New Hampshire border, officials said.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 29, 2009

Arkansas Police Chief Killed in Ice Storm Accident

Trumann Police Chief Larry Blagg, 39, was remembered Wednesday as a family man who went well beyond his duty, dying to protect people in the Poinsett County town. Blagg, a 17-year veteran of the department, was killed Tuesday night when a piece of a tree limb struck him on West Main Street.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 30, 2008

Number of Law Enforcement Officers Killed in the U.S. Falls Sharply in 2008

Based on analysis of preliminary data, the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) and Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.) found that 140 officers have died in the line of duty so far this year. That is 23 percent lower than the 2007 figure of 181, and represents one of the lowest years for officer fatalities since the mid-1960s.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 4, 2008

Details Leading to Houston Officer's Death Emerge

A man accused of ambushing and killing a Houston police officer had threatened his former girlfriend in the hours leading up to the bloodbath, prompting her to call the police for help.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 3, 2008

Small Town Georgia Police Chief Dies in Wreck

The 32-year-old police chief of the small town of Nelson was killed Monday in a wreck being blamed on icy weather conditions.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 1, 2008

Texas Sheriff Killed in Pursuit Crash

Trinity County Sheriff Brent Lee was killed Thursday morning when his patrol car left Farm-to-Market Road 3453 and crashed during the pursuit of a possible suspect.

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