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Reserve Officer Robert Libke of the Oregon City (Ore.) Police Department succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained the previous day after responding to a house fire.
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As Las Vegas police face tight budget and staffing constraints, hundreds of citizens could hit the streets as armed, volunteer police officers under a new reserve police officer program.
Read More →The Houston Police Department's Homicide Division is investigating the fatal shooting of a suspect by an off-duty reserve Harris County Precinct 7 deputy constable.
Read More →A Harper County (Okla.) Sheriff's reserve deputy was killed after he lost control of his vehicle while responding to a call and crashed in Laverne. Deputy Charley Coen's Dodge Charger left the roadway on Highway 64 about two miles west of Buffalo.
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The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has recalled unmarked units assigned to reserve deputies after a Los Angeles Times investigation showed cars had been given to well-connected volunteers.
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New Line Cinema has picked a reserve police officer to direct a new "Police Academy" and reboot the popular 1980s spoofs about a ragtag group of recruits called on to save the city.
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A Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's reserve deputy who works by day as an attorney, is being credited with detaining a suspected serial arsonist.
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"Big Law: Deputy Butterbean" is a new law enforcement reality show airing in August that follows heavyweight boxer-turned-deputy Eric Esch and his partner. The show, which will air on Investigation Discovery, follows Esch on patrol as a reserve deputy with the Walker County (Ala.) Sheriff's Office.
Read More →When Sheila Moore was sworn in as a full-time officer earlier this week, she became the first female cop in St. Albans, S.C., in 20 years. Officer Moore, who served the past six years in an unpaid position, is also only the second female officer in the city's history.
Read More →Reserve officers will have to complete a 40-hour online course, meet a physical fitness requirement, then take 80 hours of practical instruction, before serving under a field training officer for another 80 hours.
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