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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 7, 2008

"Person of Interest" in S.C. Deputy Murder Taken into Custody

A multi-agency perimeter was set up around the Indian Springs subdivision, and officers spent more than an hour combing the neighborhoods and stopping cars before they arrested a "person of interest" in the slaying of the 39-year-old deputy in Smoaks, S.C., early that morning.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 27, 2008

Female Florida CO Killed by Inmate

A female Florida corrections officer was searching alone for a missing inmate during nightly head count when she was ambushed and killed, Local 6 News has learned.

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Articlesby David GriffithMay 1, 2008

The Aggrieved: Survivor Maureen Faulkner

Maureen Faulkner knows the truth, and she wants everyone else to know it. Danny Faulkner was a good cop, a decorated officer who loved his job, loved his family and friends, and loved serving his community. And Mumia Abu-Jamal was, and is, a cold-blooded killer who was motivated by his pure hatred of all cops to murder her husband.

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Articlesby David GriffithMay 1, 2008

Justice Denied

In 1982, when Abu-Jamal was sentenced to death, Maureen Faulkner believed that she would soon see justice for her husband. But over the last 26 years she has seen nothing but injustice.

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Articlesby David GriffithMarch 1, 2008

The State of American Law Enforcement - Teaching to the Test

One thing that's clear from the statistics is that law enforcement is becoming a more dangerous occupation. Which begs the question: Is the training that the average law enforcement officer receives adequate enough to help him or her counter the threats presented by the job?

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 20, 2008

Gunman's Brother Offers Condolences to Downed LAPD SWAT Officer's Family

Wilfredo Rivera doesn't know why his brother shot and killed LAPD SWAT Officer Randal Simmons after first killing three family members, but he offered his condolences to the officer's family yesterday.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 7, 2008

LAPD SWAT Officer Killed in Shootout

The incident began about 9 p.m. Wednesday after a man called a 911 operator and said he had killed three people at a home in the San Fernando Valley. LAPD patrol officers and LAPD SWAT responded, setting up containment on the home.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 28, 2007

Line-of-Duty Deaths Increase More Than 25 Percent in 2007

It has been a deadly year for law enforcement in the United States, with 186 officers killed nationwide as of Dec. 26, according to preliminary statistics from the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) and Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.).

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 5, 2007

DUI Suspect Pleads Guilty in Officer's Traffic Death

An Arizona man who struck and killed Gilbert police officer Rob Targosz has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and leaving the scene of a fatal accident. Authorities say Tyler Fahlman, 21, was driving under the influence of alcohol at the time of the accident.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 2, 2007

Feds Join Philly Police in Search for Cop Killer

The FBI, the federal Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms, and the DEA have joined the manhunt for a man who killed Philadelphia officer Chuck Cassidy.

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