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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.
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"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.
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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.
Read More →A former Colorado deputy sheriff has been convicted of criminally negligent homicide of a 22-year-old who was shot five times by the then-deputy in 2022.
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A Washington State Patrol trooper’s body-worn camera recorded before, during, and after his patrol car was hit head-on by a wrong-way driver. The agency has released the video.
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Body-worn video shows when a motor officer smashed the window of a burning pickup truck to give the driver an avenue to escape. The officer broke the window, then a firefighter helped pull the woman to safety.
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Officer Max Gillick was shot during a domestic violence situation. According to police, a man broke into his ex-wife's home, where he shot another man.
Read More →Officers found one of the vehicles involved in this crash, flipped over and on fire. First responders worked to get the driver of the overturned vehicle out, during which time, an officer suffered burns to his hands.
Read More →AP’s investigation shows the deaths have grown at a time when departments are tapping an older and more diverse pool of applicants to address officer shortages. More than two-thirds of the deaths occurred since 2020.
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