Tag: Women in LE: Page 10

Patrol

Off-Duty Ohio Officer Dies of Brain Tumor

An officer with the Boardman (OH) Police Department has succumbed to a brain tumor.

January 14, 2019

Command

Looking Back to Look Forward

The Phoenix Police Department wants to better understand its past to make a brighter future.

January 10, 2019

Training

Vermont Officer Sues Department Over Head Injuries Sustained in Training

An officer with the Burlington (VT) Police Department says she suffered three concussions and permanent hearing damage during a training exercise at the Vermont Police Academy.

January 8, 2019

Patrol

Rookie College Campus Officer Makes Big Marijuana Arrest in Tennessee

An officer with the Middle Tennessee State University Police Department is making the most of her time while most of the students have vacated campus for winter break. Officer Katelynn Adams seized 14 pounds of marijuana during a traffic stop.

January 4, 2019

Special Units

Texas Agency Adds Two New SWAT Team Members, Including First Female

The San Antonio (TX) Police Department added two new members to its SWAT Team last week—one of whom is the first ever female to join the unit.

December 11, 2018

Patrol

Oklahoma Department Seeks to Recruit More Female Officers

The Tulsa (OK) Police Department wants more women in its ranks. Currently, out of more than 800 sworn Tulsa police officers, only about 100 are women.

November 21, 2018

Patrol

Texas Deputy Drowns as Patrol Vehicle is Swept into Floodwaters

Rookie Deputy Sheriff Loren Vasquez was reportedly responding to reports of high water when her patrol car was swept into a water-filled ditch and overturned.

November 1, 2018

Patrol

Army Sergeant Convicted of Killing Virginia Officer Gets Life in Prison

A deadlocked jury has resulted in Army Staff Sergeant Ronald Hamilton—who was convicted of capital murder last month for killing his wife and a Prince William County (VA) police officer—likely spending the rest of his life in prison, rather than being given a death penalty.

October 26, 2018

Patrol

Massachusetts Officer Reportedly Engaged to Marry Rosie O'Donnell

Rosie O'Donnell, the former co-host of The View, is reportedly engaged to marry a police officer with the Worcester (MA) Police Department.

October 23, 2018

Patrol

Rookie South Carolina Officer Pulls Over Mayor on First Day of Duty

Myrtle Beach, SC, Mayor Brenda Bethune said in a Facebook post that she was the subject of a traffic stop by the city's newest patrol officer—Amanda Johnston—and that she's glad she got pulled over for an expired tag.

October 22, 2018

Patrol

New NYPD Officer is Daughter of 9/11 Hero

Jillian Suarez had just turned nine years old when her father—45-year-old cop Ramon Suarez—ran three times into the North Tower of the World Trade Center to save individuals from the smoke-filled building.

October 16, 2018

Patrol

NYPD Officer Sues Mayor, City for Harassment Over Pumping Breast Milk at Work

Simone Teagle says her supervisors "gave her so many problems about her requests to pump at work that she developed mastitis, a painful condition that arises when nursing mothers fail to express milk regularly," according to the New York Post.

October 9, 2018