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Weapons

West Memphis Officers Will Get AR-15s

Patrol officers will now be able to carry the rifles, which would not have prevented the duty deaths of two officers, but would have more quickly ended the standoff in the Wal-Mart parking lot.

June 30, 2010

Patrol

Arkansas Cop Killers Professed Extremist, Anti-Government Views

The Kanes, who allegedly killed two West Memphis PD officers and were later killed in a gun battle with officers in a Wal-Mart parking lot, traveled the country giving seminars on "mortgage fraud" and gave foreclosure advice.

May 23, 2010

Patrol

Arkansas Wildlife Officer Ended Gun Battle by Ramming Suspects' Van

Crittenden County Sheriff Dick Busby, who was unarmed and wounded in the incident, has said "all hell broke loose," after officers pulled over the white minivan driven by the suspects.

May 22, 2010

Patrol

Slain Arkansas Officers Followed Their Families' Blue Legacy

Like so many others, Brandon Paudert and Bill Evans took up careers in law enforcement to follow in the footsteps of their fathers. The West Memphis, Ark., police officers killed on Thursday after a traffic stop on Interstate 40 had seen their fathers -- and, in Evans' case, a grandfather -- serve long careers.

May 20, 2010

Patrol

Families Gather for Two Lawmen Wounded in West Memphis Shootout

In a sea of concerned faces at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis on Thursday, Shannon Busby's expression of relief stood out. Dick Busby, sheriff of Crittenden County, Ark., and her husband of 55 years, had been shot in the shoulder during the shootout in the West Memphis Walmart parking lot.

May 20, 2010

Patrol

Two Officers Killed, Two Wounded in West Memphis, Ark.

Two West Memphis Police officers were killed and two other law enforcement officers, including Crittenden County Sheriff Dick Busby, were shot today after two suspects were pulled over on a drug interdiction stop around noon on Interstate 40 at Airport Road. The two suspects were shot dead.

May 19, 2010

Patrol

Arkansas Police Chief Killed in Ice Storm Accident

Trumann Police Chief Larry Blagg, 39, was remembered Wednesday as a family man who went well beyond his duty, dying to protect people in the Poinsett County town. Blagg, a 17-year veteran of the department, was killed Tuesday night when a piece of a tree limb struck him on West Main Street.

January 28, 2009

Training

Shots Fired: Little Rock, Arkansas 01•20•1996

Ellison then went to work, ramming the door with his shoulder. He repeatedly charged the door, slamming it as hard as his body could withstand.

August 31, 2008

Patrol

Shots Fired: Marion, Arkansas 01•30•2003

When two men in a passing Bonneville paid scant attention to him—indeed, made a conspicuous effort to ignore him—Officer Freddy Williams of the Marion (Ark.) Police Department decided to direct his attention to them.

August 31, 2007

Training

Conway (Ark.) Police Department

Cops in this Little Rock suburb have created a model program for reducing Christmas-time property crime.

January 31, 2006