Officer Newsday eNL - Nov 21st, 2023
 
 
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November 21, 2023
TODAY'S NEWS
A Dallas police officer was shot and wounded in an exchange of gunfire that erupted when authorities tried to arrest a 20-year-old man in connection with an October fatal shooting.
Benton Police Det. James "Mike" Lett died over a week after he was seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash in Little Rock as he was headed to help with a drug take back event.
Two LAPD officers were searching for an item that had been thrown from a stolen vehicle during an earlier chase in Fullerton when a woman struck them from behind.
The quick actions of a Seymour police officer—"who just happened to be at the right place at the right time," according to the police chief—averted a tragedy by preventing an erratic, wrong-way driver from entering a highway.
Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, who was convicted in the 2020 murder of George Floyd, had asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his case after the Minnesota Supreme Court declined.
Two 19-year-old men were arrested in connection with the shooting of a Miami-Dade police officer, who was grazed in the face while surveilling a house in a shooting investigation.
An Oneonta police officer was airlifted to a hospital after he was shot and wounded in an exchange of gunfire during a standoff that left an armed suspect dead.
Check out the summary of the results from OFFICER Magazine's annual State of the Industry Projection Survey, which looks at budget issues and other challenges facing the law enforcement respondents.
Goshen Assistant Chief of Police Shawn Turner received the First Light Mission's Compassionate Heart Award, which honors a police officer who has gone the extra mile to help the organization.
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