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FOP Sends Disaster Response Team to Help KY Officers Affected by Tornadoes

"The National FOP DART will be working to rehab their homes, so these first responders can continue to serve and protect their community."

December 13, 2021

Command

Mayfield Chief: Police Station and Fire Station Destroyed by Tornado

Chief Nathan Kent said his officers worked 24 hours in the immediate aftermath of the disaster, many of them responding in damaged vehicles.

December 13, 2021

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Kentucky Corrections Officer Killed in Tornado, Inmate Escapes

Robert Daniel was watching over seven inmates when the tornado caused the building to collapse. He was found dead in the wreckage.

December 13, 2021

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KY Governor Wants $15K Raise and Body Cameras for State Police

At a press conference Tuesday with KSP and Justice Cabinet leadership, Beshear said the "historic investments" of his budget proposal would amount to the single largest pay increase ever for state troopers.

November 16, 2021

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Louisville Detective Who Shot Breonna Taylor Appeals Termination

Former Interim LMPD Chief Yvette Gentry fired Cosgrove earlier this year for his role in Taylor's death. In his termination letter, Gentry said he did not properly identify a target when he fired 16 times into Taylor's Louisville apartment.

November 9, 2021

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Louisville Officer Shot in Breonna Taylor Incident Sues Attorney for Defamation

The lawsuit claims Louisville attorney Steve Romines told a media outlet last October that now retired Louisville Metro Police Detective Jonathan Mattingly “executed” Taylor during the 2020 raid.

October 28, 2021

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KY Deputy "Ambushed" and Killed Working Off Duty

Louisville Metro Police say 26-year-old Brandon Shirley was shot inside his personal truck at Rockford Lane Auto Sales. Officers say someone walked up and shot at him.

August 5, 2021

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Kidnapped 6-Year-Old Rescued by Kentucky Officers

Officer Jason Burba, a father of four, quickly arrived on the scene. In Burba's body cam footage from the rescue, released by LMPD, the officer can be seen rushing toward the car and finding the little girl crying in the passenger seat.

July 9, 2021

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Louisville Police Investigators Concluded Officers Should Not Have Returned Fire During Breonna Taylor Raid

Sgt. Andrew Meyer of the police department's Professional Standards Unit determined in a preliminary report dated Dec. 4 that the three officers involved in the March 13, 2020, shooting should have held their fire after Taylor's boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, shot one of them.

May 10, 2021

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DOJ to Investigate Louisville Police

The probe will determine if the agency engages in a pattern of "violations of the Constitution or federal law," Attorney General Merrick Garland said at a press conference.

April 26, 2021

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Publishing Company Refuses to Distribute Wounded Louisville Officer's Book on Breonna Taylor Shooting

Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly fired six rounds during the March 13, 2020, attempted search of Taylor's apartment, shooting Taylor. He had been shot in the thigh, severing his femoral artery, seconds earlier by Taylor's boyfreind, Kenneth Walker, who later said he thought intruders were breaking in.

April 16, 2021

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Kentucky Officers Cleared in Fatal Traffic Stop Shooting

Randall Lockaby, 57, was seen reaching behind his back and drawing a handgun as he exited the pickup truck he was driving. Body camera video from Officer Dooley's system shows the man point the gun at Officer Dooley.

March 22, 2021