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Officer Who Responded to Joplin Tornado Dies from Lightning Injuries

Officer Jefferson "Jeff" Taylor, who was struck by lightning on Monday, May 23, while on tornado disaster response duty in Joplin, passed away at a hospital here on Friday. He was 31 years old. He worked for Riverside, a suburb on the north side of Kansas City.

June 2, 2011

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Mo. Officer Struck by Lightning In Medically Induced Coma

Riverside (Mo.) Police Officer Jeff Taylor has been induced into a medical coma in the intensive care unit of a Springfield, Mo., hospital, as he struggles to recover from being struck by lightning.

May 25, 2011

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Lightning Strikes Missouri Officer In Tornado Response

Lightning struck the area near where Officer Jeff Taylor, 31, was riding an ATV, after transporting a fire commander back to a command post. Officer Taylor was transported to a Springfield hospital and treated for burns and other injuries.

May 23, 2011

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Missouri Man Arrested at Army Base After 40-Mile Manhunt

A southwest Missouri man who once led a prison break led police on a 40-mile manhunt that included an interstate shootout, the shutdown of a Missouri college campus where he crashed his car and a failed effort to break into a military base.

May 12, 2011

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St. Louis Aims to Reclaim PD from State-Controlled Civil War Era

A Missouri bill that's on the verge of becoming law would give St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay oversight of a police department that's now controlled by a state commission set up during the Civil War.

May 9, 2011

Special Units

Blending Into the Background

"Tactical black" is what springs to mind when thinking about SWAT teams, but it's not the only apparel option for police tactical units. With the advent of the A-TACS pattern from Digital Concealment Systems, many more agencies may be making the switch.

April 26, 2011

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Off-Duty St. Louis Officer Killed in Gunfight Outside Nightclub

St. Louis Metro Police Officer Daryl Hall died early Sunday morning from wounds suffered in a gunfight outside a nightclub where he had intervened while off duty.

April 23, 2011

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St. Louis Saves 65 Officer Positions

St. Louis Metro Police Chief Dan Isom announced that 65 officer positions would be saved in next year's budget, and at the same time warned that officer positions may be cut the following year as grant funding dries up.

March 16, 2011

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Cop Killer Escapes Death, After Testifying 'It Felt Good' To Kill Sgt.

A man who confessed to fatally shooting a suburban St. Louis officer because he was white received life without parole from a jury who decided to spare his life this morning.

March 4, 2011

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St. Louis Officer Disarmed, Shot With Own Gun

The officer arrived at the 5200 block of St. Louis Avenue at about 1 a.m. Tuesday to find a man who had been stabbed. The officer entered the home and chased the suspect, who was able to wrestle the officer's gun away from him and fire one shot at him.

February 28, 2011

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Missouri Deputy's 'Bear Hug' Saves Bridge Jumper

A St. Clair County (Mo.) Sheriff's MetroLink safety officer saved a suicidal man by grabbing him as he jumped from the edge of a bridge while standing outside the rail.

January 10, 2011

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St. Louis Officer Pulled From Patrol After Filmed 'Beating'

The encounter occurred at about 2:30 a.m. on New Year's Day at a Shell gas station, after the subject told the officer to, "Shut Up." St. Louis PD's Officer Dustin Ries was off duty and providing security from a substation on the property.

January 6, 2011