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WV Officer Shot Tuesday Taken Off Life Support, Organs to be Donated

“She is still fighting, but her body is unable to sustain life by itself,” Chief James "Tyke" Hunt said in a press conference at 5 p.m. this afternoon.

December 2, 2020

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South Carolina Officer Donates Kidney to Local Man

A resident of Greenville, SC, has a new kidney and a new outlook on life thanks to the generosity of an officer with the Clemson Police Department.

October 29, 2020

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Ohio Deputy Dies 10 Days After Patrol Vehicle Accident

Deputy Corporal Adam McMillan collided with a Metro bus at Eight Mile Road and Beechmont Avenue in the beginning of October.

October 26, 2020

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Woman Donates Kidney to Officer Who Arrested Her Nearly a Decade Ago

A woman who was arrested by an officer with the Phil Campbell Police Department has saved his life by donating a kidney to him after she recovered from drug addiction and a life of crime.

September 9, 2020

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Ohio Officer in Need of Kidney Reaches Out to Community for Help

An officer with the Green Township (OH) Police Department who is fighting for his life has reached out to get community's support as he searches for a new kidney.

July 2, 2020

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3 Oklahoma Troopers Seriously Injured During Procession for Slain Tulsa Officer

Three troopers on motorcycles crashed on the westbound lanes of the Kilpatrick Turnpike, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said. All are in serious condition.

July 2, 2020

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Michigan Officer Donating Kidney to Total Stranger in Miami

Officer Thomas Shepherd said, "I get an intrinsic feeling of doing good, and I'm a firm believer of putting good things out into the world and giving everything that you have to give."

March 3, 2020

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Dayton Detective Shot During Search Warrant Execution Dies

Wounded Dayton (OH) Police Department Detective Jorge DelRio was taken into surgery to donate his organs Thursday morning and died afterward, according to Chief Richard Biehl.

November 7, 2019

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Wounded Dayton Detective’s Injuries “Not Survivable,” Organs to be Donated

“After a life of dedicated public service, Jorge will continue to give of himself to the greater community by being an organ donor upon his death,” Biehl said in an updated media release Wednesday afternoon.

November 6, 2019

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North Carolina Officer Makes Second Life-Saving Organ Donation

An officer with the Gastonia (NC) Police Department has donated a second vital organ to a complete stranger. After donating a kidney in 2015, he felt compelled to donate a part of his liver this year.

August 21, 2019

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Chicago Officer Donates Bone Marrow to Save Life of Man in Italy

According to WLS-TV, Officer Joe Deleon registered to be a donor more than 12 years ago with an organization that connects donors with those in need of life-saving help.

March 8, 2019

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Texas Undercover Officer Dies in Hospital from Gunshot Wound

When the suspects ran out of the bar uniformed officers were waiting, and helped the undercover officers stop the robbers as they tried to get into an SUV. It was then that one of the suspects, later identified as Dacion Steptoe, opened fire. Steptoe reportedly hit Hull, and Hull's fellow officers returned fire, killing Steptoe. Two other suspects are in custody.

September 17, 2018