
After joining the Chicago PD, French started out in the 10th District before moving to the city’s Community Response Team. On July 1, French helped save the life of a 1-month-old baby who was injured in a mass shooting on the South Side.
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At a vigil for Officer French and Officer Yanez, the wounded officer's father Carlos Yanez Sr. told the attending officers and supporters about his experience at the hospital. “I still did not know my son was going to make it. They told me, ‘Doesn’t look good,’” Yanez Sr. said. “He’s got two shots in the head – one in the brain, one in the eye."
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Officer Jason Raynor, 26, passed away at 8:09 p.m. Tuesday at Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach with his family by his side.
Read More →The accused cop killer Emonte Morgan had been on probation for a robbery in Old Town at the time of the alleged hit and run, and a petition had been filed to find him in violation, which could have sent him to jail. But a hearing to resolve the issue had not been held yet.
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Deputy Ryan J. Proxmire was part of a group of deputies who responded to the Shell Gas Station in Galesburg on Saturday night.
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Emergency medical services personnel on the scene began life-saving measures and took the officer to the hospital but he did not survive.
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“Everybody is scared to do their job because they feel unsupported by the department and unsupported by the city,” one officer said.
Read More →"That’s probably the result of a policy that was put in place for every time you draw your weapon, you have to do a report about it," McCarthy said. "Policing is entirely under attack, and that’s why we have a 100% increase in the murder rate."
Read More →April was the deadliest month for law enforcement, with eight killings reported.
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Lt. Alan Lessieur, 60, was named the Pepperell Police Department’s Officer of the Year in 2018. His many duties and accomplishments included being the administrative patrol supervisor, evidence and property control manager, and court prosecutor, according to his obituary.
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