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Special Units

Video: Detroit Cop Says Fatal Raid Shooting Not Negligent

The Detroit Police tactical operator accused of negligently causing a 7-year-old's death testified Thursday that he constantly thinks about a shooting he said was accidental.

June 12, 2013

Special Units

Video: Fatal Detroit Raid Shown In Officer's Trial

Jurors watched dash-cam footage from a fatal Detroit Police raid Wednesday during the trial of tactical operator Joseph Weekely for the shooting of 7-year-old Aiyana Stanley-Jones.

June 4, 2013

Special Units

Fatal Detroit Tactical Raid

A raid by the Detroit Police Department's tactical team led to the accidential shooting of 7-year-old Aiyana Stanley-Jones in 2010. Special Response Team operator Joseph Weekely faces manslaughter charges in the death. Read the full story here.

June 4, 2013

Patrol

Police Union Defends N.Y. Officer In Rebello Shooting

The Nassau County (N.Y.) Police Department's patrol union defended the officer who accidentally killed a Hofstra University student during a home invasion robbery and said the suspect is responsible for her death.

May 21, 2013

Patrol

N.Y. Cop 'Torn Up' Over Hostage's Death

A Nassau County (N.Y.) Police officer who fatally shot a Hofstra University student and her armed captor during a standoff has struggled to deal with the accidental death, according to a police source close to the officer.

May 19, 2013

Training

Md. Training Supervisor Indicted In Accidental Shooting

A Baltimore County grand jury charged William Kern, 46, with misdemeanor counts of second-degree assault and reckless endangerment stemming from the accidental shooting of a police recruit.

March 27, 2013

Training

Wounded Md. Trainee Released from Hospital

Ten days after being shot in the head during a police training accident, a University of Maryland police trainee has been released from Maryland Shock Trauma Center.

February 21, 2013

Training

Md. Cop Shot In Head In Training Exercise

The Baltimore Police commissioner shut down police training indefinitely after a University of Maryland police officer was shot in the head during an exercise at a closed psychiatric hospital.

February 12, 2013

Patrol

Video: Worker Accidentally Shot By NYPD Cop During Robbery

Newly released video surveillance footage shows a New York Police Department officer's accidental shooting of a bodega grocery store worker in the chaos following a robbery at the store.

September 9, 2012

Patrol

N.Y. Cop Shoots, Kills 'Intruder' Son

An officer with the Parry (N.Y.) Police Department shot and killed his 37-year-old son early Saturday in a hotel, after mistaking him for an intruder.

July 22, 2012

Patrol

Hug Triggers Officer's Gun, Kills Woman

Adaisha Miller, who would have turned 25 today, was embracing the officer when the shooting occurred near 12:30 a.m. Sunday. The officer was carrying his .40-caliber service pistol in an inside-the-waistband holster he covered with his shirt.

July 8, 2012

Patrol

Toddler Son of Calif. Cop Fatally Shot

The toddler son of a San Jose police officer was shot and killed at home in Gilroy in what investigators believe was a tragic accident Thursday afternoon.

July 5, 2012