An officer with the Denton (TX) Police Department who was critically wounded in a shooting last year will be welcomed home from an out-of-state rehab facility by friends, family, fellow officers, and members of the public at a ceremony on Monday afternoon.
Kat Ratcliff knew she wanted to be a police officer from a very early age, but following the protests and anti-police sentiment in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, she determined that the best course of action for her and her family was to put that lifelong desire to be in the ranks of law enforcement to the side.
An officer with the Fulshear City Police Department stopped the vehicle for a minor traffic violation. Upon investigation, the officer discovered a haul of 30 pounds of illegal alprazolam (the generic form of Xanax) with an estimated street value of up to $645,000.
“But when the shooting rang out, he didn’t just continue to film, like so many people are doing in this upside-down world. This young African-American male, who told me he was a gang member, that his life was way out there, but he’s found God and has turned his life around. He went and helped Officer Waller,” Chief Art Acevedo said.
Since Sunday, Elmer Rolando Manzano’s estranged wife had twice called police alleging domestic violence, but in neither case was the suspect charged or taken into custody.
A sergeant with the Houston Police Department was fatally shot and another officer critically wounded as they responded to a domestic disturbance call at an apartment complex early Tuesday morning.
An officer with the Fort Worth (TX) Police Department is now recovering from injuries sustained when a civilian vehicle collided with his patrol car on Wednesday night.
A man has been apprehended and arrested for allegedly shooting at an officer with the Detroit Police Department earlier this week.
An officer with the Wolfe City (TX) Police Department has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a subject reportedly involved in a fight at a gas station earlier this week.
Investigators with the Dallas Police Department are looking into an act of vandalism that left a number of red handprints on the outside walls of the agency's downtown headquarters building as well as the office space of the Dallas Police Association on Thursday night.