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NewsApril 1, 2025

Suspect Dies in PIT Maneuver Crash During Georgia Pursuit

The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office says the chase started in Columbia County after deputies performed a welfare check on a man asleep behind the wheel of a vehicle in a Krystal restaurant parking lot.

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NewsOctober 30, 2023

Deputies Were Sent to Contact Maine Mass Shooter Weeks Before Attack

Deputies from the Sagadahoc County and Kennebec County Sheriff’s Offices responded and tried to contact the shooter on September 16, less than six weeks before last Wednesday’s massacres in a bowling alley and a bar.

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NewsOctober 30, 2023

Florida Deputy Dies from Medical Event While Hunting

The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office reported it received a request for a welfare check from the deputy’s wife Saturday night.

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NewsMarch 22, 2023

AL Deputies Shot During Welfare Check

As they searched the house, deputies made contact with an adult male in an upstairs bathroom.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 21, 2021

Kansas Officer Critically Wounded During Welfare Check

Officers responded to a welfare check call around 10:15 p.m. Two officers arrived at the home where “two females” were inside the house when a suspect inside an out building at the home started shooting at the officers.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 29, 2021

2 NC Deputies Ambushed and Killed During Welfare Check

When arriving on the scene, deputies found all vehicles of those they were trying to contact parked at the residence. Once deputies went into the home, an unknown person fired shots toward the deputies, striking two of them.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 28, 2021

2 NC Deputies Shot During Welfare Check, Standoff in Progress

Deputies proceeded to enter the home after discovering all vehicles belonging to the residents were on the property. Upon entering the home, deputies received gunfire from an unknown individual within the residence. Two deputies were hit.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 3, 2021

Video: Ohio Deputy's Welfare Check Ends in Point Blank Gunfight

The video -- taken by a doorbell camera -- shows Deputy Sara Vaught on Feb. 15 knocking on the door of a residence before an individual opened the door, produced a handgun and shot. The bullet narrowly missed Vaught before she returned five rounds.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 28, 2020

Florida Officer Shot While Making a Welfare Check

An officer with the Lake City (FL) Police Department was shot while making a welfare check at a home that had been recently struck by bullets.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 20, 2020

Arizona Deputies Bring Elderly Man Groceries, Repair His Home

Deputies with the Maricopa (AZ) Sheriff's Office who conducted a welfare check on an elderly gentleman went out of their way to help him by repairing his home and bringing him groceries Friday.

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