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Ex-Calif. deputy among 5 charged with murder in illegal fireworks warehouse explosion

Samuel Machado, who was a Yolo County Sheriff’s lieutenant at the time of the explosion, allegedly illegally stored more than 1 million pounds of fireworks and used his position to evade scrutiny

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Tenn. deputy dies from injuries sustained in crash

Landon Faulkner, 24, joined the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office in 2022; in all, he served in law enforcement for nearly six years

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Off-duty Okla. corrections officer who stopped suspect from grabbing cop’s gun receives national recognition

Lt. Tyler Gaines intervened when a suspect resisted arrest, fought through TASER deployments and reached for a Hominy officer’s weapon

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Ga. sheriff’s office preps for World Cup matches with help from $12M in federal grant funding

Between June 15 and July 15, Atlanta will host eight matches at Mercedes-Benz Stadium; the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office is preparing with drones and inter-agency coordination

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Wash. convicted felon charged with attacking, trying to stab K-9

The suspect missed when trying to swing a knife at a Spokane County Sheriff’s Office K-9s head; deputies were then able to take him into custody

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DA’s office rules Calif. officer justified in OIS of man who stabbed his roommate

The report determined that Santa Clara Officer Robert Allsup lawfully shot the suspect, who was in the midst of stabbing his unarmed roommate, likely saving the roommate’s life

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Colo. officer shoots suspect after being stabbed in the head multiple times

After a mental health crisis team spoke to the man for 25 minutes, he charged at a group of Aurora officers, stabbing one of them in the head so forcefully that he broke the knife

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Suspect in fatal shooting of Calif. deputy killed after being run over by armored vehicle

The suspect shot Tulare County Detective Randy Hoppert in a three-hour standoff, during which he moved between three locations while shooting at officers

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Calif. deputy shot, killed while serving eviction notice

The Tulare County deputy was responding to fellow deputies’ call for help after reports of gunfire erupted at the scene; the suspect remains at large

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Ex-NYPD officer gets 3 to 9 years in prison for throwing cooler that caused fatal crash

Former NYPD sergeant Erik Duran was convicted of manslaughter after throwing a cooler that caused the 2023 death of Eric Duprey

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Video: Man opens fire at Phoenix Police helicopter before OIS

Drone footage shows the man raising a handgun and firing multiple shots at a responding Phoenix PD helicopter before officers returned fire on the ground

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BWC: N.J. officer indicted for manslaughter in shooting of man wielding baseball bat

Video shows multiple Woodbridge PD officers approaching the man, who was walking away while yelling and refusing to drop the bat; after several minutes, one officer fired shots

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Okla. trooper killed in head-on crash

A vehicle that was traveling south on a freeway lost control and crossed the center cable barrier, striking Trooper Vernon Brake’s vehicle as he was driving northbound

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Video: Fla. man forces gas station clerk to call police so they can kill him

The man threatened the clerk with a replica gun, forcing him to make a 911 call; when Jacksonville officers arrived, he ran out of the gas station with the gun raised

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Suspect attacks, repeatedly stabs Calif. sheriff’s office K-9 after slow pursuit

CHP and the Solano County Sheriff’s Office stopped a vehicle fleeing at low speeds, but the driver remained combative and attacked a K-9 working to facilitate the arrest

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