FOP reports there have been 54 ambush-style attacks on law enforcement officers this year. These ambush-style attacks have resulted in 71officers being shot, with 15 of dying from wounds suffered in the attacks.
Read More →Officer Corey Thompson, 28, was in Champaign County finishing a traffic enforcement detail when his motorcycle was hit by a truck at an intersection.
Read More →Sheriff’s Deputy Tim Johns, 62, was assigned to Brookwood High School. He collapsed at the school Tuesday and was rushed with a police escort to the hospital.
Read More →“Ranger Grossheim responded Sunday morning to a distress call from park visitors near Birch Cove Island. After taking a family of three aboard his National Park Service boat, the vessel overturned amid high winds and rough waters," NPS said.
Read More →Wise County Sheriff's Deputy Lex Love, 26, was responding to the scene of a nearby crash at about 8:02 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 2 on County Road 4421 when he crashed into a concrete barrier.
Read More →Investigators say the driver "admitted to being distracted while looking at his phone and driving." He was also suspected of driving while under the influence.
Read More →The trooper was investigating a traffic crash along SH 302 in Ector County on the morning of Sept. 17 when he was struck by a vehicle. He suffered serious injuries that led to his death.
Read More →Deputy Jim Lau was in a truck before it went underwater on Friday around 11:30 a.m. His body was found Saturday in the Swannanoa River.
Read More →“Got out of his car and fell dead,” said St. Louis Sheriff Vernon Betts. “I’ve had three to die on my watch, and it hurts.”
Read More →Deputy Cailee Campbell of the Oswego County Sheriff's Office was responding code 3 when she was hit by another vehicle at an intersection.
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