Officer Down!
February 28, 2010 – Deputy Ken Collier / San Diego, CA
SAN DIEGO—Authorities say a San Diego County Sheriff’s deputy chasing a wrong-way driver was killed when his patrol vehicle plunged about 100 feet down a freeway embankment.
Sheriff William Gore says the crash occurred early Sunday when the deputy, who had a dispatcher riding along with him, made a u-turn on Route 52 near Santee. His marked SUV collided with a bridge abutment and went over the side.
Gore says Deputy Ken Collier and his civilian passenger, Ryan Debellis, were taken to a hospital where the deputy later died. Debellis was injured.
An allegedly drunk driver who was the subject of the chase was caught nearby. Gore says 23-year-old Jose Jasso Lopez will be charged with vehicular manslaughter and drunken driving.
The cause of the accident is under investigation.
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February 22, 2010 Alan Haymaker / Chicago, IL
Alan Haymaker did what his grandfather and father did before him: Worked the streets of Chicago as a police officer.
“He loved being a cop,” his brother-in-law Ron Vogelpohl said. “He was proud of being a cop. I admired him.
“He knew his job was dangerous, but he didn’t fear death,” he added, explaining that Haymaker was deeply religious. “He was at peace with God.”
Haymaker, a sergeant on the force for 21 years, was on his way to the scene of a burglary when he apparently lost control as he took the Irving Park exit off southbound Lake Shore Drive early this morning.
His squad car hit a tree and pole, pinning him, according to Asst. Police Supt. James Jackson. He died about 2 1/2 hours later. He was 56.
“Icy road conditions were a factor,” Jackson said. “Words cannot express the sorrow we feel at his loss.”
The officer’s family was in shock this morning as they struggled to come to terms with his death. This weekend the family was supposed to celebrate Haymaker’s oldest daughter’s birthday.
Family and neighbors in his Portage Park neighborhood described him as a kind man who helped friends and strangers alike.
“He loved people,” Vogelpohl said. “It didn’t matter to him who you were. He cared about prostitutes and treated them as human beings.
READ MORE: Officer killed in crash: ‘Loved being a cop, proud being a cop’
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February 18, 2010 Officer Kevin Wilkins / Atlantic City
Atlantic City police said an officer has died from an accidental gunsh
ot wound.
Police Chief John Mooney said 31-year-old Officer Kevin Wilkins was trying to put a rubber sleeve on the grip of his pistol as he sat in his patrol car around 1:30 a.m. today.
He had removed the ammunition clip, but was struck in the face by the round in the chamber when the gun accidentally discharged.
Other officers were nearby and summoned help, but Wilkins was pronounced dead about 15 minutes later.
He joined the force two years ago.
A former star basketball player at Atlantic City High School, Wilkins later played at Tallahassee Community College in Florida and Seton Hall University.
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February 15, 2010 Officer Michael Vogt / Chattahoochee Hills, GA
Officer Michael Vogt., 56, was shot at the intersection of Vernon Grove and Rico roa
ds in Palmetto Monday afternoon with a high-powered weapon, said Lt. Col. Jeff Holmes of the Fulton County Sheriff’s Department.
Sources told CBS Atlanta that Vogt was able to radio for help before he collapsed. Vogt later died at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta.
Vogt leaves behind a wife, six children, and five grandchildren.
“My dad was my hero. He meant everything to me,” said Crystal Vogt. “It’s very hard. It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever had to go through. We just want answers. We want to know what happened, and we want to know why this happened because it didn’t need to happen.”
His family said he loved his job, but what he loved his family even more.
“There’s so much he’s going to miss and not be there for. It’s very hard,” said Crystal Vogt.
Mayor Don Hayes said Vogt had been with Chattahoochee Hills for about two years.
Before joining Chattahoochee Hills, Vogt spent years working as an officer in south Fulton County, most recently with Union City.
Crystal Vogt said they’ve received calls from officers all over the country, even Canada, wanting to attend his funeral. Officer Michael Vogt., 56, was shot at the intersection of Vernon Grove and Rico roads in Palmetto Monday afternoon with a high-powered weapon, said Lt. Col. Jeff Holmes of the Fulton County Sheriff’s Department.
Sources told CBS Atlanta that Vogt was able to radio for help before he collapsed. Vogt later died at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta.
Vogt leaves behind a wife, six children, and five grandchildren.
“My dad was my hero. He meant everything to me,” said Crystal Vogt. “It’s very hard. It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever had to go through. We just want answers. We want to know what happened, and we want to know why this happened because it didn’t need to happen.”
His family said he loved his job, but what he loved his family even more.
“There’s so much he’s going to miss and not be there for. It’s very hard,” said Crystal Vogt.
Mayor Don Hayes said Vogt had been with Chattahoochee Hills for about two years.
Before joining Chattahoochee Hills, Vogt spent years working as an officer in south Fulton County, most recently with Union City.
Crystal Vogt said they’ve received calls from officers all over the country, even Canada, wanting to attend his funeral.
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February 12, 2010 Officer Robert Heinle / Missoula, MT
Bob Heinle, the Missoula police sergeant paralyzed from the neck down after being gunned down in 1998, died Friday at Community Medical Center. He was 47.
Lisa and Bob Heinle cross the finish line in July 2009, after Lisa ran the Missoula Marathon to raise money for spinal cord research
Because he died of complications from his paralysis, Heinle became the third Missoula officer in history to be killed in the line of duty.
News of his death hit the Missoula Police Department hard.
“He gave life a full shot,” said Missoula Police Chief Mark Muir, who served with Heinle since they both joined the force in 1991.
Muir, occasionally choking back tears, described his friend and colleague as a tough, resilient man who continued to pursue his passions of hunting and fishing until he died.
He was a natural leader who quickly rose to the rank of sergeant early in his career.
“He was a very admirable figure who stepped up and provided leadership at a very young age in his career,” said Muir.
Then came the 9-1-1 call that changed his life.
Early in the evening on Oct. 21, 1998, Heinle was the first to arrive after a bank teller reported a man trying to cash a forged check.
He gave chase to the suspect, James Martin, aka James Trujillo, shortly after spotting him in near the Western Security Bank on the corner of Orange and Broadway. About a minute later, another officer, responding to the call, found Heinle on the ground of the Salvation Army parking lot bleeding from the neck, and radioed the ominous words “officer down.”
That officer, Leila Haack, performed CPR on Heinle before he was transported to St. Patrick Hospital. James Gene Martin was apprehended 30 minutes later; in May of 1999, he was found guilty of numerous crimes, but none more heinous than attempted murder of a police officer. He is serving a life sentence.
The Heinles moved briefly to the Craig Institute in Engelwood, Colo., which specializes in treating those with severe spinal-cord injuries, but Bob Heinle never regained mobility below the neck.
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February 12, 2010 Deputy Davy Crawford / Carroll County, GA
Crawford was pulled from his car by the officers and taken to Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
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February 11, 2010 Officer David Zolendziewski / Holyoke, MA
Police officer David T. Zolendziewski died Thursday of complications from injuries suffered two months
ago when his police cruiser skidded on some ice and struck a tree, Police Chief Anthony R. Scott said.
Scott said Zolendziewski had been out of work since the Dec. 28 accident. Following the accident, he was rushed to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield for emergency surgery, Scott said.
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February 8, 2010 Deputy Don McCutcheon/Clark County , MO
KAHOKA, Mo. — A Clark County Sheriff’s Department deputy died late Monday night in Keokuk (Iowa) Area Hospital after becoming ill while on duty.
Don McCutcheon, 36, died in the emergency room of the hospital.
Clark County Sheriff Paul Gaudette said McCutcheon began to feel ill while on patrol and drove himself to the county’s ambulance shed. An ambulance took McCutcheon to the Keokuk hospital, where he died.
“He was an outstanding deputy,” Gaudette said.
McCutcheon had been with the Clark County Sheriff’s Department for one year. He previously had worked for the Memphis Police Department and had served as mayor of Wyaconda.
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February 7, 2010 Cpl. Jeremy McLaren/Spring Hill,Tennessee
Police Cpl. Jeremy McLaren radioed police dispatch Friday night to say that he had been in a collision, then called Spring Hill Police Chief John Smith to tell him he was OK.
The Nashville native even made phone calls to loved ones while riding in the ambulance.
But just after noon Sunday at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, McLaren became the first Spring Hill officer to die from injuries suffered on duty.
“He was very calm, cool and collected,” Smith said of McLaren’s call. “I asked if he was OK and he goes ‘I’m fine.’ I asked if anyone was there yet and he said ‘Nope but I can hear the sirens.’ Jeremy was very alert and his usual self, very comical. He was an impressive young fella.”
McLaren, 28, was driving back to Spring Hill from the Maury County Jail when a pickup truck hit his police cruiser, knocking the car off Highway 31 and into a parking lot. The pickup, driven by Billy Stafford, 48, of Shelbyville, is thought to have run a red light. Stafford and a passenger, Jina Pratt, 39, of Columbia, were treated at Vanderbilt for injuries.
Antonio Polis, a student intern riding with McLaren, was not injured in the crash.
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7, 2010 Agent Ellane Aimiuwu/ IL Department of Corrections
A state Dept. of Corrections parole officer was killed and three others were injured in a four-car crash Sunday afternoon near southwest suburban Mokena.
Ellane Aimiuwu, 57, of University Park was killed when a vehicle flipped over and struck the vehicle he was driving, according to Will County Coroner Patrick O’Neil. Aimiuwu was pronounced dead at 4:12 p.m. Sunday.
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February 7, 2010 – Capt. Timothy Bergeron/Terrebonne Parish, La.
A captain with the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office was killed when his motorcycle collided with a car today while escorting a Mardi Gras float, authorities said.
Timothy Joel Bergeron, 49, was struck at about 7 a.m. at La. 311 and Krumbhaar Drive, which is near Polk Street.
Bergeron, a 25-year veteran of the Sheriff’s Office, was assigned to the agency’s motorcycle unit in 1999. He was promoted to captain last year and supervised school resource officers and deputies in the D.A.R.E. program. He leaves behind a wife and five children.
His duties also extended to public relations, said sheriff’s Maj. Malcolm Wolfe. Bergeron represented the agency at neighborhood watch meetings, gave presentations and took photographs at special events.
“He was very dedicated to the office,” Wolfe said.
Bergeron died at Terrebonne General Medical Center. Sheriff Vernon Bouregois, who had been in Miami to attend today’s Super Bowl game, returned to be with deputies and the officer’s family.
According to preliminary accounts from Terrebonne officials, Bergeron was escorting a float from the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center parking lot to the Southland Mall, on his motorcycle. His blue lights, they said, were flashing and he was using his siren, what police call “running code.”
The reports from the scene, which have not yet been confirmed with State Police, who are investigating the crash, are that Bergeron was northbound on La. 311, coming around the float so that he could block traffic as it passed Polk Street.
FULL STORY: Deputy killed escorting Mardi Gras float
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February 7, 2010 Deputy William Frederick Schuck III/OCONEE COUNTY, S.C.
An Oconee County sheriff’s deputy was found dead early Sunday pinned between his patrol car and a tree.
It appears that the car of Deputy William Frederick Schuck III had gotten stuck at about 1:35 a.m. on a private dirt road in the 6000 block of North Highway 11 near Walhalla, the sheriff’s office said. He called his wife at about that time, the sheriff’s office said.
Investigators believe Schuck had gotten out of his car to examine the situation when the car went forward and pinned him, according to the coroner’s office. His manner of death is classified as accidental, Oconee County Coroner Karl E. Addis, said in a press release on Sunday.
The autopsy was performed Sunday morning at the AnMed Medical Center morgue.
The autopsy found that Schuck died as a result of traumatic asphyxiation. That finding is consistent with the physical observations of how he was found Sunday pinned between his car and a tree, the coroner said. An Oconee County sheriff’s deputy was found dead early Sunday pinned between his patrol car and a tree.
It appears that the car of Deputy William Frederick Schuck III had gotten stuck at about 1:35 a.m. on a private dirt road in the 6000 block of North Highway 11 near Walhalla, the sheriff’s office said. He called his wife at about that time, the sheriff’s office said.
Investigators believe Schuck had gotten out of his car to examine the situation when the car went forward and pinned him, according to the coroner’s office. His manner of death is classified as accidental, Oconee County Coroner Karl E. Addis, said in a press release on Sunday.
The autopsy was performed Sunday morning at the AnMed Medical Center morgue.
The autopsy found that Schuck died as a result of traumatic asphyxiation. That finding is consistent with the physical observations of how he was found Sunday pinned between his car and a tree, the coroner said.
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February 4, 2010 Trooper Andrew C. Baldridge / Ohio State Patrol
Ohio Highway Patrol officials on Friday said mourning over the death of Bucyrus Post Trooper Andrew C. Baldridge was agency-wide.
“This is a very hard loss for all our active duty troopers,” Patrol spokeswoman Lindsay Komlanc said Friday. “Something like this underscores the risk that every public servant takes to protect our communities.”
Baldridge, 25, who was a Wyandot County resident, joined the patrol’s Bucyrus post on Dec. 21, five days after his Academy graduation. The Carey native, a star athlete who graduated from Carey High School in 2002, had been chosen as class speaker for the ceremony.
Baldridge was killed Thursday night on his way to assist a Wyandot County sheriff’s deputy with a mutual aid call near Carey.
The crash occurred around 6 p.m. on Township Road 95, south of Ohio 103 and west of the village of Carey.
Baldridge was driving the Ford Crown Victoria cruiser with his training officer, Trooper Mark McLaughlin, 33, in the passenger seat. The two were heading south on Township Road 95 when Baldridge drove off the right side of the road and the cruiser rolled. Both men were wearing seat belts.
McLaughlin was flown to Toledo St. Vincent Hospital. He was released from the hospital early Friday afternoon. Details on his injuries were not available Friday.
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January 31, 2010 – Officer Leonard Wall / Jefferson County, Arkansas
A correctional officer at the Jack Jones Juvenile Detention Center was killed and a second injured Saturday night during an escape from the facility. Two of the three people accused in the death were arrested Sunday afternoon in Fort Smith.
The suspect was charged with involuntary manslaughter and assaulting an officer in connection with Agent Glover’s death. The trial is set for March 2010.
Agent Glover had served in law enforcement for 38 years. He is survived by his two daughters.
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January 29, 2010 – Investigator Jerry Crabtree / Franklin County, TN
An investigator with the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office died early Friday afternoon when the car he was driving collided with another vehicle just outside of Winchester on Highway 64.
Jerry Crabtree, middle, shown here with his wife, Nina, and the late Billy Joe Cooley, passed away Friday in an automobile accident
Officials said Jerry Crabtree had been with the Sheriff’s Office for two years. Before that, he was the sheriff of Madison County, Alabama. Crabtree has also been an investigator with the Arnold Air Force base.
A woman in the other vehicle was injured. Emergency crews transported her to a local hospital.
Franklin County Sheriff Tim Fuller said they had not determined if the wreck killed Crabtree or if he died from an underlying medical condition, which in turn would have caused the crash.
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January 28, 2010 – Lt. Eric Shuhandler / Gilbert, AZ
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January 26, 2010 – Chief Carl Worley / Ross Township, OH
Law enforcement officers from throughout the state are expected to take part in funeral services for Ross Twp. Police Chief Carl Worley, who died Tuesday, Jan. 26, of a heart attack while on duty.
Worley died Tuesday afternoon after collapsing during an investigation, authorities said.
The chief was found unresponsive in his cruiser after assisting a Butler County sheriff’s deputy and a Hamilton police officer investigating suspicious activity on New London Road, according to Gary Vaughn, fellow officer who is now running the department. Worley was transported to The Fort Hamilton Hospital, where he died.
The small force includes eight part-time officers and two full-time — Vaughn and Worley. The flag in front of the township office and police station was at half staff Wednesday.
FULL STORY: Worley tackled life with a smile
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January 20, 2010 – New York Trooper Jill Mattice
State police say a trooper has been killed in a collision with a tractor-trailer, making her the first female New York state trooper to die in the line of duty.
Police say 31-year-old Trooper Jill Mattice (muh-TYCE’) was traveling east on State Route 23 in upstate New York when her cruiser collided with the westbound truck Wednesday afternoon in the Otsego (aht-SEE’-goh) County town of Morris, 57 miles southeast of Syracuse.
Police say Mattice was pronounced dead at the scene.
State police Mattice was a six-year veteran stationed at the Oneonta (oh-nee-AHN’-tuh) barracks and assigned as the school resource officer for two local school districts.
Mattice is the 123rd state trooper to die in the line of duty and the first woman, according to the New York State Police Wall of Honor.
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January 16, 2010 – Cpl. Christopher Milito / Delaware River Port Authority
A police officer from suburban Philadelphia has died after being hit by a car overnight while helping with an accident investigation on a bridge between the Philadelphia area and southern New Jersey.
Delaware River Port Authority spokesman Ed Kasuba says Port Authority Police Cpl. Christopher Milito, of Media, was struck by an eastbound car on the Philadelphia side of the Walt Whitman Bridge at around 1:45 a.m. Saturday.
Kasuba says the 40-year-old officer died from his injuries at a Camden, N.J., hospital. Milito was a 16-year veteran of the department.
The driver of the car that struck Milito has been taken into custody by Philadelphia police. The driver’s name hasn’t been released.
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January 14, 2010 – Dixie County, FL Sheriff’s Captain Chad Reed
Florida sheriff’s deputy was killed in a shootout with a man suspected of killing two people and wounding two others.
Around midnight Thursday, detectives with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and deputies with the Dixie County Sheriff’s Office were still collecting evidence from the crime scene at a BP gas station on US 19 and NE 351 Highway in Cross City.
The crime scene marked the end of a killing spree that started, deputies said, in Hernando County earlier Thursday afternoon.
Hernando County Sheriff’s deputies said the suspect, John Kalisz, 55, killed two elderly women and shot two younger women in a home in Brooksville about 40 miles north of Tampa.
Dixie County Sheriff’s Captain Chad Reed, 33, who was hit during the shootout died at a Gainesville hospital Thursday night.
Friend and colleague from the Levy County Sheriff’s Office Captain Evan Sullivan said, “Captain Reed was a very fine man and a good friend. He recently graduated from the FBI Academy. He was really going places. It is a big loss.”
READ FULL STORY: Captain shot by Brooksville shooting suspect dies
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January 14, 2010 – Deputy James Anderson, Jr. / St. Johns County, Florida
A St. John’s County deputy has died after his patrol car was struck by a driver going the wrong way.
The Florida Highway Patrol says 44-year-old Deputy James Louis Anderson Jr. died Thursday morning. FHP says Anderson was headed to work when he was struck on a Jacksonville road around 3:30 a.m.
Anderson was a U.S. Marine from 1984 to 2004 before joining the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office and later the St. John’s County Sheriff’s Office.
FULL STORY: Deputy killed by man driving wrong way on Jacksonville road
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January 13, 2010 – Trooper Paul Richey / PA State Police
A state trooper responding to a domestic call at a rural home Wednesday was fatally shot as he got out of his cruiser, and a search was on for the gunman.
Trooper Paul G. Richey, a 16-year veteran assigned to the Franklin barracks, and another trooper arrived at the home at about 11:30 a.m. when a shot was fired from inside, killing Richey.
“Trooper Richey sacrificed his life rather than swerve from the path of duty,” state Police Commissioner Frank E. Pawlowski said in a statement. “We will not forget his service or his sacrifice.”
Richey, 40, of Franklin, is survived by a wife and two young children.
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January 13, 2010 – Officer Craig Story / Arlington, TX
An Arlington motorcycle police officer was killed in a traffic accident with a school bus this morning, and children watched in horror as fire engulfed the accident scene. 
No children were hurt in the wreck that happened on northbound Cooper Street at Inwood Drive in Arlington around 7:15 a.m., just south of Arlington High School.
“We determined after getting to the scene that the officer on the motorcycle had collided with a school bus,” Arlington Police Department representative Tiara Ellis Richard said. “Unfortunately he died here at the scene.”
The officer, 34-year-old Craig Gordon Story, was a seven-year veteran of the Arlington Police Department.
“He absolutely loved his wife Danielle,” said Chief Theron Bowman. “He was crazy about his 2-year-old son John. In fact, on a number of occasions he referred to his son as being the most handsome boy ever born.”
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January 12, 2010 – Trooper Duane Dalton / Louisiana State Police
January 11, 2010 – Alfred Celestain / New Orleans, La.
Alfred Celestain, left, practices for a police officer fund-raising music concert in 2004. Celestain died Monday night from injuries he sustained during an on-duty car accident over the weekend.
A New Orleans police officer hurt during an on-duty car wreck over the weekend died from his injuries Monday night, according to authorities.
Alfred Celestain, 54, an 8th District officer, was removed from a life support system at LSU Interim Public Hospital about 9:15 p.m., said Dr. Frank Minyard, the New Orleans coroner.
Celestain rode with another officer when their patrol car collided with a pick-up truck about 4:30 a.m. Saturday at the intersection of St. Charles Avenue and St. Joseph Street in the Central Business District, said officer Janssen Valencia, an NOPD spokesman.
Paramedics summoned to the scene took both officers to the hospital. One of them was released shortly after examination and treatment. Meanwhile, Celestain’s injuries didn’t appear to be life-threatening — broken ribs, a fractured hip and minor facial wounds.
But Celestain slipped into a coma the next day, Valencia said. His closest family members eventually asked doctors to remove him from life support.
Celestain was a father of two, Valencia said. He joined the NOPD in 1989.
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January 9, 2010 – Cpl. James Szuba / Mishawaka, Ind.
Mishawaka Police Cpl. James Szuba, 42, and his K-9 partner, Ricky, were killed in a traffic accident late Saturday night.
The officer involved in the accident was providing assistance on a call and was traveling southbound on Fir when the squad car was sideswiped by another vehicle. Police believe alcohol is a factor in the crash, according to the news release.
FULL STORY: Police Cpl. James Szuba, K-9 partner killed in traffic accident
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January 5, 2010 – Deputy Josie Greathouse Fox / Millard County, UT 
Millard County officials identified 38-year-old Josie Greathouse Fox as the deputy who was found shot and killed overnight. Fox is a 5-year veteran of the Millard County Sheriff’s Office who was killed during a traffic stop early Tuesday morning. Josie Fox is survived by her husband and two children.
FULL STORY: Deputy fatally shot; police searching for 2 men
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January 4, 2010 – Court Officer Stanley W. Cooper / US DOJ – Marshals Service 
The gunman who opened fire in the federal courthouse this morning, killing a security officer and wounding a deputy U.S. marshal, was Johnny Lee Wicks, according to a law enforcement source.
FULL STORY: Court officer, suspect killed in federal courthouse shooting
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January 3, 2010 – Grant County, WA / John Bernard 
EPHRATA, Wash. — A Grant County Sheriff’s deputy was killed Sunday evening when his patrol car crashed and rolled over. Bernard leaves behind two sons, one of whom is also a Grant County Sheriff’s Deputy.
FULL STORY: Grant County deputy killed in car crash
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January 1, 2010: Tommy Bishop / Guntersville, Alabama
Funeral services have been held for a former Guntersville police officer who died lask week after being shot and paralyzed when he responded to a domestic disturbance in 1993.
FULL STORY: Officer Tommy Bishop, shot in 1993, dies
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December 30, 2009 – Constable Ireneusz ‘Eric’ Czapnik / Ottawa, Canada
Ottawa police officer and father of four is dead and a suspended Mountie with a troubled past has been charged with first-degree murder.
Kevin Gregson, 43, was tackled by paramedics outside an Ottawa hospital several hours before dawn Tuesday after Const. Ireneusz (Eric) Czapnik, 51, was ambushed and fatally stabbed as he jotted down notes on an unrelated case.
FULL STORY: Suspended Mountie charged in police officer’s slaying ______________________________________________________________________________________
Pierce County, WA sheriff’s Deputy Kent Mundell Jr.
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ied Monday shortly after he was removed from life support at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
Deputy Mundell’s wife was at his side when he was pronounced dead at 5:04 p.m., according to Sgt. Ed Troyer, spokesman for the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department. He said the deputy was taken off life support after his physicians told his family that he would not recover.
“Obviously, everybody was waiting for a miracle,” a tearful Troyer said outside the hospital. “It didn’t turn out the way we hoped.”
Deputy Mundell, 44, was one of two deputies shot while responding to a domestic-violence call Dec. 21 outside Eatonville, Pierce County. A 10-year veteran of the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department, Deputy Mundell, of the Spanaway area, leaves behind his wife, Lisa, and two children, 16 and 10.
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FULL STORY: Correctional officer killed in Saturday escape
