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Retired detectives, retired judge volunteering with Wash. PD’s new cold case group

Retired detectives Dave Johnson, Mike Blankenbaker and Tom Dittmar, along with retired judge David Elofson are taking a closer look at cases on file at the Yakima Police Department that have no active leads or new evidence

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Video: Las Vegas officers rescue K-9 stabbed by suspect

“Multiple officers from multiple area commands… knew what to do, knew how to respond, knew how to shut down traffic, and they did that,” SWAT Commander Bryan Peterson said. “Ultimately, that’s what saved Enzo’s life. “

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LA County LEOs memorialized 167 years after being killed by bandits

LA County Sheriff James Barton, Deputy Charles Daly and Constables William Little and Charles Baker were honored with a metal plaque on the hill where they were killed in a shootout with a notorious bandit

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Man found guilty but mentally ill in Ind. officer’s killing sentenced to 25 years

Attorneys initially sought the death penalty for Elliahs Dorsey, who shot and killed Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Officer Breann Leath

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Denver officer hit by fire truck during Nuggets parade rejoins SWAT team, throws first pitch at Rockies opener

Sgt. Justin Dodge, whose left leg was amputated below the knee after the fire truck rolled over it, is the only amputee officer on the city’s 1,500-member force

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‘Lives changed for the better’: Conn. officer stays connected with family of infant girl he saved 5 years ago

Detective Michael Harton, who is also trained as an EMT, performed life-saving measures on baby “Tooka” when she stopped breathing; he has maintained a relationship with her family ever since

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Video: Wyo. police shoot man who held wife hostage, pointed gun at her

Body camera footage shows that officers spoke to the man for several minutes before the shooting occurred, offering him cigarettes and attempting to talk him down from violence toward his wife

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Video: Street takeover crowd surrounds Va. officer’s cruiser, causing damage

One officer was injured after being hit by a car speeding away from the scene

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Wash. officer acquitted in Manny Ellis trial resigns from new job as deputy after receiving death threats

Christopher Burbank worked as a Thurston County Sheriff’s Office deputy for two days before he resigned due to the “negative community response and death threats”

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‘I’m gonna kill him on live’: Man sentenced to life in prison after livestreaming attack on Fla. officer

The man can be seen on his own recorded video hitting one Orlando Police Department officer in the head with a brick and gouging another officer’s eye

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L.A. moves to hire private security for ‘graffiti towers,’ other hazardous buildings to relieve LAPD

“[The] LAPD is a trained, professional police force,” L.A. Councilmember Kevin de Leon said. “They are there to protect and serve the city of LA, not to protect and babysit buildings”

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Video: DUI suspect attempts to bite LAPD officers

The suspect was taken to a hospital to receive medical care after being involved in a traffic crash; he began to act erratically and resist officers as they escorted him inside the hospital

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Fla. sergeant sues sheriff for defamation after exoneration in 2019 use-of-force incident

Broward County Sheriff Gregory Tony fired and criminally charged two deputies after they were cleared of wrongdoing by the department’s Professional Standards Committee, allegedly calling them “bad cops” in a campaign ad

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Wis. officer deploying spike strips struck by cruiser during pursuit

The officer was positioned at the end of a freeway on-ramp as a suspect vehicle and several cruisers approached at high speed; the suspect swerved onto the freeway before reaching the end of the ramp and a cruiser hit the officer

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Footage released in Calif. fatal OIS of teen kidnapping victim

San Bernardino sheriff’s deputies were attempting to protect other officers when they shot and killed a teen girl who had been kidnapped by her father, a heavily-armed murder suspect

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