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The first female U.S. police officer to be killed while on patrol duty. Officer Cobb was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a bank robbery suspect. [96] Patrolman John H. Combs: Parma, Idaho Police Department: September 22, 1969: Shot when investigating a parked vehicle two miles east. The occupants were suspects in an armed robbery ...
“The leading cause of these line-of-duty deaths for police officers in 2024 was gunfire, and the largest increase over 2023 resulted from traffic-related incidents, both underscoring the growing ...
A Law Enforcement Purple Heart or Police Purple Heart is a term to describe an American law enforcement medal which may be issued to any law enforcement officer who is injured, wounded or killed in the line of duty. [1] The term is based on the Purple Heart medal issued by the United States Armed Forces. One of the major organizations for the ...
A Texas police sergeant and Army veteran killed in the line of duty is being hailed as a hero for preventing even more tragedy.. Navasota Police Sgt. Mark Butler was killed in a head-on collision ...
Police said Engel was armed with a knife and threatening officers. Police shot and killed Engel after ordering him to drop the knife. [45] 2025-01-13 Derrick Williams (45) Unknown Washington, D.C. When D.C. Police officers attempted to apprehend the suspect, he produced a gun and shot three of them. The officers returned fire, killing the suspect.
Navasota Police Sgt. Mark Butler died while saving others from a wrong-way driver during a pursuit. Hero Texas police officer, an Army veteran, killed in line of duty during car chase: ‘Truly ...
According to data compiled by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, over the period 2010 to 2019, there were 1,627 U.S. police officer line-of-duty deaths, including 528 deaths by gunfire, 459 deaths from job-related illness, 335 deaths from automobile crashes, 130 from being struck by a vehicle, 58 in motorcycle crashes, 25 by ...
There have been 127 US police officers killed in the line of duty this year, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page. Texas has 15 fallen officers in 2024, the most of any state.