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Virginia Tech Police officer Deriek Crouse, 39, of Christiansburg, was killed during a daytime traffic stop, officials said. Crouse was making what should have been a routine traffic stop around 12:30 p.m. Thursday when a gunman, seemingly out of the blue, took his life.
Read More →The gunman who wounded a California Highway Patrol officer during a traffic stop near Sacramento late Sunday was fatally shot after flipping over his vehicle.
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A Jackson County (Ore.) Sheriff's deputy who was fired after arresting a retired deputy during an altercation captured on dash cam won a civil settlement of more than $200,000 from a federal jury.
Read More →As the trooper tried to open the door of Veronica Elder's Toyota RAV 4, the 20-year-old stepped on the accelerator and pinned the trooper's arm in the window. Elder was arrested later after a second attempt to escape.
Read More →The suspect who shot a New Orleans Police officer during a traffic stop has been arrested, after sheriff's deputies and officers from the U.S. Marshals office. Troy Armstead, 24, was taken into custody late Tuesday, after he shot Officer Terrance Hilliard in the hand.
Read More →Officers Eric Fontes and Herman Scanlan were attending to a black SUV that was stopped along Farrington Highway near Ko Olina at about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday. A pickup truck struck one of the police vehicles at the scene.
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For Officer Kris Lavoie of the Ontario (Calif.) Police Department, Super Bowl Sunday 2002 would prove to be a busy one. But not in the way that most Americans enjoy. For Lavoie had no idea just how busy. Or just how much he would feel like a real "gladiator" before the day was over.
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I wish to share with the reader a police traffic stop that almost ended in tragedy. It is a lesson in human nature and a training reminder for those in law enforcement who have exercised a police option called "officer's discretion" — giving an offender a break.
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A Canton (Ohio) Police officer is now under investigation for his conduct at a traffic stop during which he verbally threatened a concealed-carry permit holder. The 17-minute video recorded on the cruiser's dash cam has been posted to YouTube by Ohioans for Concealed Carry.
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A Clayton County (Ga.) Sheriff's deputy was killed by a two-time felon during a traffic stop late Wednesday. Deputy Richard "Rick" Jerome Daly was a 25-year law enforcement veteran.
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