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Officer James "Mitch" Ellis, 49, had just gotten off work and was heading home to his family in Illinois when an oncoming vehicle crashed head on into the vehicle he was driving.
An off-duty reserve officer with the Buena Park (CA) Police Department was killed in a vehicle collision in the city of Corona early Saturday morning.
The chief of police for the Nashville (MI) Police Department died in a single-vehicle crash on Thursday morning as he was driving to work.
An off-duty officer with the Independence (MO) Police Department was injured in a vehicle collision on Thursday morning.
An off-duty officer with the Alhambra Police Department suffered an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound during an encounter with an off-duty Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy on Sunday night.
An off-duty inspector with the New York Police Department was struck and killed by a dumpster truck while he rode his motorcycle to work on Monday morning.
An off-duty police officer with the Philadelphia Police Department died when his vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree.
An officer with the Georgia Southern University Police Department has succumbed to injuries he sustained in an off-duty vehicle collision last week.
An off-duty sergeant with the Tucson Police Department died Wednesday morning when the ultralight aircraft he was piloting crashed in the town of Benson.
The Wadley Police Department said on Facebook, "It's with much grief and sadness that we the Wadley PD and City of Wadley inform you of the passing of Patrolman Daniel Thomas. Thomas was such a devoted, patriotic, brave, officer who loved helping people."