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Patrol

Remember the Forgotten Fallen

Let's not forget our other brethren who work may have been less conspicuously gallant, but who have likewise paid the ultimate price years before their time.

January 5, 2011

Patrol

Border Patrol Agent Shot, Killed in Southern Arizona

Agent Brian Terry, 40, was killed at about 11 p.m. near Peck Canyon, about 10 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border west of Rio Rico on the Interstate 19. Four suspects are in custody and one is being pursued, according to a press release from Customs and Border Protection.

December 14, 2010

Patrol

Big-Rig Trucker Kills California Cop In Park Gunfight

Officer Ryan Bonaminio, a four-year veteran of the department and a U.S. Army veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, had responded to a hit-and-run call.

November 7, 2010

Patrol

Suspect Who Ambushed Louisiana Sergeant In Custody

Sgt. Tim Prunty, 44, was standing near his cruiser in uniform, when Chris Cope pulled into the convenience store parking lot and opened fire on the officer.

October 23, 2010

Patrol

LAPD Officer Killed By Roadside Bomb In Afghanistan

Officer Joshua Cullins had bounced back from a concussion suffered during the July 16 explosion of a roadside bomb. Fellow officers including Chief Charlie Beck recorded a video get-well greeting for Cullins that was posted to YouTube.

October 19, 2010

Patrol

Suspect in Slaying of Utah Deputy Captured

Arizona’s Coconino County Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman Erika Wittenmuth said Curley was taken into custody about 1 a.m. in the Lost Spring subdivision after a homeowner reported seeing a man with a rifle slung over his shoulder trying to get into his home about 12:20 a.m. In all, 17 police officers rushed to the scene and soon located Curley.

August 29, 2010

Special Units

Man Accused of Killing Alaska Officers Surrenders After Standoff

The standoff between Alaska state troopers and the man they say killed two police officers in the village of Hoonah, a very small town near Juneau, ended this morning.

August 29, 2010

Patrol

Belligerent Drunk Shoots N.C. Deputy, Then Turns Gun on Himself

Deputy Jon Willis, 30, was shot with a handgun by Daniel Meyers, 22, as he approached a mobile trailer near the Wayne County border in eastern North Carolina.

July 28, 2010

Patrol

Third Off-Duty Chicago Officer Fatally Shot In As Many Months

A Chicago Police officer a month away from retirement was shot and killed Sunday morning, as he cleaned out his trunk, following a shift guarding the mayor's home.

July 17, 2010

Patrol

Chicago Officer Fatally Shot Leaving Police Building

While leaving a police building at about 3:45 p.m., the officer was shot in the head, while trying to stop a robbery attempt. The incident happened at 61st and Racine outside of the facility used by the department's targeted response and gang enforcement units.

July 6, 2010

Patrol

Two Tampa Officers Shot and Killed, Suspects at Large

Tampa Officers Jeffrey Kocab and David Curtis, both 31, were shot in the head at 50th Street and 23rd Avenue, said Mayor Pam Iorio after a news conference.

June 28, 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