Officer Osmar Rodarte’s team served a warrant on a house in Olivehurst and made entry around 7:50 a.m. Inside, they exchanged fire with a suspect and Rodarte was mortally wounded.
Read More →Sgt. Grant Candies, 37, was attempting to deploy spike strips on Interstate 10 to end the pursuit when he was killed. “The perpetrator, fleeing from a pursuit, struck him, taking the life of a husband and father," the sheriff's office said.
Read More →The patrol vehicle was split in half due to the significant force of the crash. Deputy Hector Cuevas Jr. died at the scene, sheriff's officials confirmed.
Read More →Detective Joseph Azcona was shot and mortally wounded before he had a chance to get out of his vehicle, officials said. He died at a local hospital.
Read More →Her family said St. Paul Police Officer Felicia Reilly's death was a result of the injuries she sustained that resulted in her experiencing constant pain.
Read More →In August 2022, Alder Alfonso Marin-Sotelo was indicted on a charge of first-degree murder following the shooting death of Deputy Ned Byrd.
Read More →The passage of the “Protect and Serve Act” is a top legislative priority of the FOP. The House overwhelmingly passed this legislation in 2018. The bill creates a new Federal offense for anyone who “knowingly assaults a law enforcement officer.”
Read More →Officers attempted to negotiate with the suspect, but he emerged from the ICU holding a hospital staff member at gunpoint, her hands bound by zip ties. Officers opened fire and killed the suspect.
Read More →"I can tell you from the video that after he executed our officers, he calmly walked away," Chief Paul Neudigate said of the suspect, identified as 42-year-old John McCoy III of Virginia Beach, who police said they found dead from an apparent suicide.
Read More →Deputy Martin Shields Jr. had been with the Hinds County Sheriff's Office for about nine months, but "his law enforcement career extends beyond being employed with the HCSO," the sheriff said.
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