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The victims were the first Pittsburgh city officers killed in the line of duty in 18 years. [5] The incident was the third-deadliest attack on U.S. law enforcement since the September 11 attacks, following a 2016 mass shooting in Dallas, Texas; [6] [7] and a pair of related shootings two weeks earlier in Oakland, California. [8] [9]
Earl Buford (1941/1942 – July 25, 2023) was an American police officer. A longtime leader in the Pittsburgh Police, he served as Pittsburgh Police Chief from June 15, 1992 until December 29, 1995. [1] [2] In August 1989, he was promoted to Assistant Chief overseeing the drug and vice sections. [3] Buford died on July 25, 2023, at the age of ...
Ralph Pampena (1934-December 15, 2012) was a longtime Pittsburgh Police leader, who served as Pittsburgh Police Chief from May 22, 1987 – May 17, 1990. He was a 22-year veteran of the Pittsburgh Police upon taking the oath of Chief. During 1986-1987 he briefly retired from the force serving as Police Chief of Carnegie Mellon University.
The Washington Post reported that Rose was the first person killed by the East Pittsburgh Police Department since at least 2015. On June 25, Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto told reporters "there should be a trial” before a jury regarding the death of the young man and the fate of the police officer. [26]
The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund counted 102 federal, state and local officers to have been killed in 2012. [11] The official count from the FBI is that 27 law enforcement officers were 'feloniously' killed in the line of duty in 2013 (the lowest in a 35-year period 1980–2014), and an additional 49 died in accidents (total ...
The memorial in October 2020. The Law Enforcement Officers Memorial of Allegheny County is a monument to Allegheny County, Pennsylvania's law enforcement community in honor of fallen officers of both the Pittsburgh Police and suburban departments.
(Pittsburgh Police) Rank - Chief 1971 – 1975 Homicide Detective 1969 – 1971 Patrolman 1961 – 1969: Robert E. Colville (1935 – September 11, 2018 [2]) was a ...
Earl Daniel Woodyard Jr. (June 17, 1946 – April 6, 2015) was a longtime Pittsburgh Police leader, who was appointed acting Pittsburgh Police Chief from September 29, 2006 – October 31, 2006, after the death of mayor Bob O'Connor.