"Line-of-Duty Deaths"
Sacrifice & Honor
May 13, 2013Our fallen public safety personnel deserve to be remembered for how they lived and the ultimate sacrifice they have paid for all of us. It’s the least we can do.
Read full articleDorner 9-1-1 Tape: ‘Officer Down!’
May 1, 2013San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies have released the audio of dispatch calls during the Feb. 12 manhunt for fugitive and ex-LAPD officer Christopher Dorner.
Read full article9-1-1 Telecommunicator and Fire Dispatcher Killed While Serving His Community as a Volunteer Firefighter
February 26, 2013Tomasz Kaczowka was killed while responding to a report of a residential fire in the early morning hours on Christmas Eve.
Read full articleShooting at New York House Fire, Gunman Kills Two Firefighters, Injures Two Others
December 24, 2012WEBSTER, N.Y. (AP) – Four volunteer firefighters responding to an intense pre-dawn house fire were shot Monday morning, two fatally,…
Read full articleBogus 9-1-1 Call from Suspect Lured Park Police into Ambush
August 29, 2012A bogus 911 call Tuesday night [Aug. 23] lured two Minneapolis park police officers to Minnehaha Creek, where the man who made the call allegedly stabbed the officers before one shot and wounded him.
Read full articleCISM Awareness in Public Safety
March 8, 2012I remember a time when the bad guys used to run from us. In my little corner of the world, we would have foot chases on just about every shift and the occasional vehicle pursuit on the more serious charges. Criminals did their best to get away from us. Now it seems we are running across a criminal element that has no fear of law enforcement. They are turning to fire on us now instead of running. Officer-involved shootings were few and far between but times are changing.
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