An officer with the Warren (OH) Police Department was on his way home from work when he stopped to provide aid to what he thought was a disabled vehicle on the side of the road. But the incident somehow escalated, and both parties reportedly fired shots.
A man who is accused of assaulting an officer with the Bozeman (MT) Police Department over the weekend made his first appearance before the Gallatin County Justice Court on Monday.
The traffic agents were writing summonses about 9 a.m., when the suspect exited his black Chevy pickup and attacked the agents, police said.
The incident was captured on body-worn video. It shows Steven Haynes, 40, socking the uniformed officer across the face outside a Bank of America in Downtown Brooklyn on Thursday, officials said.
“Looks like he tried to assassinate a couple of our police officers,” Chief Peter Newsham said.
A former football player with the University of California at Berkeley was arrested over the weekend on suspicion of attempted assault on a police officer.
A man accused of dragging an officer with the Colorado State University Police Department pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree murder in court proceedings and was sentenced to 16 years in jail followed by five years of parole.
An off-duty officer with the California Highway Patrol was severely beaten by a mob of teens during an altercation at a shopping mall in a suburb of Oakland on the day after Thanksgiving.
An officer with the Riverside (CA) Police Department was reportedly choked nearly to the point of unconsciousness while responding to a domestic disturbance call.
A man has been charged with assaulting an officer with the Hudson (NH) Police Department.