Honoring the Fallen

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North Richland Hills, TX, Police Department
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Texas Assistant Police Chief Dies after Collapsing at Station

May 9, 2024
“Assistant Chief Kevin Palmer was such an integral person within our police department family, it will be hard to think about him not being a part of our leadership team,” said...
Georgia State Patrol
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Family of Fallen Ga. State Trooper Receives His College Diploma

May 9, 2024
Georgia State Patrol Trooper Jimmy Cenescar, who was killed in a crash during a chase in January, had been studying criminal justice at Georgia Gwinnett College before his death...
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund
Command/HQ

Officer Roll Call: A Look at National Police Week 2024 & Its Significance

May 8, 2024
Managing Editor Paul Peluso and Editorial Director Frank Borelli talk about the events of National Police Week 2024 and their importance for both law enforcement officers and ...
Honoring the Fallen

Calif. Dispatcher on Way to Work Killed in Collision with Accused DUI Driver

May 7, 2024
Antoinette Finau, an emergency services dispatcher with the Alameda County Sheriff's Office, was driving into work when her car was broadsided by a suspected drunken driver.
Investigations

Suspect in Fatal Crash of Utah Police Officer Has History of LE Attacks

May 7, 2024
The 42-year-old suspect in the hit-and-run crash that killed Santaquin Police Sgt. Bill Hooser was convicted in an incident in which he tried to run down Oregon law enforcement...
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Utah Police Officer Fatally Struck by Tractor-Trailer During Traffic Stop

May 6, 2024
Santaquin Police Sgt. Bill Hooser and a Utah Highway Patrol trooper had pulled over a tractor-trailer on Interstate 15 when the semi fled the stop and struck Hooser and both cruisers...
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N.J. Trooper Dies During Training Exercise at Agency Headquarters

May 6, 2024
New Jersey State Police Trooper Marcellus E. Bethea, who was training at the agency's headquarters in Ewing when he died, had been a trooper for over eight years.
GoFundMe
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Texas Police Officer Injured when Tornado Destroyed Home Dies

May 6, 2024
Conroe Police Lt. James "Jimmy" Waller died after he and his wife were injured when a short-lived EF-1 tornado tore through their home in Trinity County.
North Carolina Department of Adult Correction
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Charlotte Shooting: Read Son's Touching Obituary for Slain N.C. Officer

May 2, 2024
"He died getting the bad guys, that’s what he was good at," wrote the 12-year-old son of William "Alden" Elliott, one of four members of a fugitive task force fatally shot serving...
Chicago Police Department
Investigations

Suspect in Fatal Shooting of Chicago Police Officer Arrested

May 2, 2024
A 22-year-old man was taken into custody by Chicago police and the Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force, and officers allegedly used the handcuffs of their slain colleague...
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
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Los Angeles County Deputy Found Unresponsive at Station Dies

April 30, 2024
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Jonathan Stewart joined the department in 2006 and later transferred to the South Los Angeles station, where he was found unresponsive.
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'An Attack on the Entire Community': Slain Chicago Police Officer Mourned

April 29, 2024
Relatives, friends and colleagues stood in line and streamed into an Oak Lawn funeral home to honor Chicago Police Officer Luis Huesca, who was shot and killed driving home from...
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La. Police Officer whose Dad Died in the Line of Duty Killed in Crash

April 28, 2024
Dubach Police Officer Russell Croxton was conducting a traffic stop when he was fatally struck by a tractor-trailer nearly 46 years after his father—a Ruston police sergeant—was...
Billerica, MA, Police Department
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Mass. Police Officer Fatally Struck by Excavator at Construction Site

April 27, 2024
Billerica Police Sgt. Ian Taylor was working a paid detail and helping move a tractor-trailer at a construction site when he was struck as the vehicle was backing up.