Tag: Families of Officers: Page 19

Patrol

Police Week Candlelight Vigil Honors 321 Fallen Officers

Last year’s total of 120 officers killed in the line of duty was a significant reduction from the 169 killed in 2011 and the lowest number since 1959. All of the speakers at this year’s vigil praised this trend as a move in the right direction and focused on the need to further reduce line-of-duty deaths.

May 13, 2013

Training

Stepson Charged In D.C. Detective's Slaying

As D.C. police detective Joseph Newell Jr. stood outside his garage on a stepladder, screwing in a light bulb, his adult stepson came up from behind. Antwan James fired one bullet into his stepfather's back and then stood over him and fired several more.

April 23, 2013

Training

Boy Accidentally Kills Tenn. Deputy's Wife

The wife of a Wilson County Sheriff’s Office deputy was shot to death Saturday at their Lebanon home by a 4-year-old who gained access to a gun at a family cookout, police said.

April 7, 2013

Training

Cop Wounded by Dorner Makes First Public Appearance

The Riverside (Calif.) Police officer wounded by Chris Dorner and the widow of his slain partner met for the first time, as the two attended a Friday fund-raiser.

March 31, 2013

Patrol

Lawsuit Filed In Ambush of ICE Agents In Mexico

The family of a U.S. Customs Enforcement agent killed in a 2011 ambush on a Mexican highway and another agent who survived filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to hold the government and nearly two-dozen other defendants accountable in the attack.

February 12, 2013

Patrol

Rampaging Ex-LAPD Cop Shoots 3 Cops, Kills 1

SWAT teams searched near a rugged San Bernardino ski resort late Thursday for a fired LAPD officer who shot three officers, including one fatally, in a rampage across Southern California.

February 6, 2013

Special Units

Las Vegas Lt. Kills Family, Torches Home

A veteran Las Vegas police lieutenant called 911 early Monday to say he had killed his wife and son and had set fire to his Boulder City home.

January 21, 2013

Patrol

Husband Arrested In Slaying of Wis. Officer

The husband of slain Wauwatosa Police Officer Jennifer L. Sebena has been arrested and is expected to be charged with her shooting death early Christmas Eve, authorities announced Thursday.

December 26, 2012

Training

Homeless Woman Threatens To Kill LAPD Chief's Wife

The wife of Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck has been granted a temporary restraining order against a homeless woman accused of threatening to kill her.

December 20, 2012

Training

Conn. School Shooter's Uncle a N.H. Sheriff's Deputy

The uncle of the 20-year-old who killed 26 people in a shooting rampage Friday morning at a Connecticut elementary school said the family expresses "our heartfelt sorrow" to the victims' families and community of Newtown.

December 15, 2012

Training

Agencies Organize Toy Drive for Fallen Ill. Trooper

Eight law enforcement agencies in Illinois and Missouri are coordinating a toy drive for the children of an Illinois State Police trooper who was killed on Monday.

November 28, 2012

Training

Video: Dallas Lt.'s Hip Hop Song Questioned

A lieutenant in the Dallas Police Department who goes by the name "Lucille Baller" when she promotes herself as a recording artist promises to shoot anyone who messes with her in a rap song that was posted on her website.

November 27, 2012