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In the Line of Duty

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Terry Turner, Good News Network • Thu 2016 Jul 14, 3:58pm

A 14-year-old boy identified only as “James” showed up at the Omaha, Nebraska Police Department with a trumpet, and without fanfare, honored police officers killed in Dallas.

The teen played “Taps,” the traditional bugle call performed at military funerals, as he stood at Omaha’s memorial to its own fallen officers.…

Video: Vanessa Rinaldi, Facebook, 0:58
Andrew Bahl, Yahoo • Sat 2016 Jul 9, 4:17pm

Five law enforcement officers were killed Thursday in a sniper attack in downtown Dallas as they patrolled a protest against recent police-involved shootings. Here is what we know about the victims who have been identified as Dallas police officers Lorne Ahrens, Michael Krol, Patrick Zamarripa, Michael Smith and Dallas transit officer Brent Thompson.…

Raziye Akkoc, Telegraph (UK) • Sun 2016 Feb 28, 8:44pm

A newly sworn-in police officer was shot dead only a few hours into her shift with a US police department in Virginia during a domestic violence call. Ashley Guindon, 28, was killed while two other officers were injured after responding to a call on Saturday evening relating to a "verbal argument" in Woodbridge.…suspect also shot and killed his wife… was arrested on murder and other charges…

dailymail.co.uk • Tue 2011 Aug 23, 3:35pm

Police have released video from a McDonald's security camera that show a police officer's final act of kindness shortly before he was killed in a random act of violence. The video clip shows Officer Jeremy Henwood paying for a 10-year-old boy's meal at a McDonald's restaurant in the San Diego, California, neighbourhood that he patrolled.

kansascity.com • Sat 2011 Jun 4, 2:11pm

LightningThe Riverside police officer struck by lightning while helping with the Joplin tornado died this morning at a Springfield hospital. Jefferson "Jeff" Taylor, who volunteered to go to Joplin, was 31 years old. He is the first Riverside officer ever to die in the line of duty.

chron.com • Tue 2011 May 31, 6:18am

Rodriguez remained in the Harris County Jail Monday with no bail set. He is also charged with possession of less than a gram of cocaine and evading arrest. He is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday. Investigators say Rodriguez flew past flashing lights early Sunday, as he was traveling east on the North Loop when his car struck Will near the Yale exit. The HPD officer, just two years on the job, was investigating a hit-and-run accident along Loop 610 North when a driver, apparently drunk, ignored the flashing lights of patrol cars and steered his Volkswagen around a makeshift barrier set up to block the freeway. Rodriguez' vehicle plowed into Will, killing the 38-year-officer at the scene. The officer leaves behind a pregnant wife, Alicia, whom he married last year. He also has two stepchildren: a 10-year-old boy and a 6-year-old girl. Just before he died, Will yelled at the witness he was interviewing to "get out of the way," just before the speeding vehicle careened through the police barricade. ... "The witness had no time to look around or react, except to leap over the concrete barrier that divides the freeway," Houston Police Chief Charles McClelland said. "He credits Officer Will with giving him the prior warning of getting out of the way. It actually saved his life, or he said, he would have been struck with Officer Will."

voanews.com • Sat 2009 Jun 6, 3:16pm

Police say officers died during attempt to rescue 38 police hostages being held by indigenous protesters at remote Amazon oil facility... of 38 police held hostage, 22 were rescued, nine were killed and seven are missing.

kdka.com • Sun 2009 Apr 5, 12:13am

Three Pittsburgh police officers were killed and two others were injured after a heavily armed man began firing at them as they responded to a domestic call this morning at a home in Stanton Heights. ... told friends he was wearing a bulletproof vest ... surrendered to police about 11 a.m., four hours after the standoff began ... shot several times in the legs ...