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Remembering Law Enforcement’s Heroes

Deputy Sheriff Mark Stasyuk

Sacramento County Sheriff's Department (CA) EOW: Sep 17, 2018

Deputy Sheriff Mark Stasyuk was shot and killed at approximately 1:50 pm as he and another a deputy responded to a disturbance call at an auto parts store at 10899... Read More »

Corrections Officer Armando Gallegos

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CA) EOW: Sep 14, 2018

Corrections Officer Armando Gallegos succumbed to injuries sustained at approximately 3:30 pm on April 21st, 2018 when he was attacked by multiple inmates at the Kern Valley State Prison.He and... Read More »

Police Officer Oscar Reyes

Costa Mesa Police Department (CA) EOW: Sep 12, 2018

Police Officer Oscar Reyes suffered a fatal heart attack after participating in the Orange County Traffic Officers Association Motor Rodeo at Huntington State Beach.He had participated in several... Read More »

Officer Kirk A Griess

California Highway Patrol (CA) EOW: Aug 10, 2018

Officer Kirk Griess was struck and killed by a vehicle while conducting a traffic stop on I-80, near Manuel Campos Parkway, in Solano.Another vehicle entered the area and struck both... Read More »

Officer Andrew J Camilleri Sr

California Highway Patrol (CA) EOW: Dec 24, 2017

Officer Andrew Camilleri was killed when his patrol car was struck by a drunk driver on I-880, near Route 92, in Hayward.He and his partner were parked on the shoulder... Read More »

K9 Jax

Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety (CA) EOW: Oct 31, 2017

K9 Jax was stabbed to death while attempting an apprehension at an apartment complex in the 500 block of East Weddell Avenue.Officers had responded to a domestic violence incident in... Read More »

Deputy Sheriff Robert French

Sacramento County Sheriff's Department (CA) EOW: Aug 30, 2017

Deputy Sheriff Bob French was shot and killed outside of the Ramada Inn in the 2600 block of Auburn Boulevard while conducting an auto theft investigation at approximately 10:30 am.Members... Read More »

Deputy Sheriff Robert Rumfelt

Lake County Sheriff's Office (CA) EOW: Aug 22, 2017

Deputy Sheriff Rob Rumfelt suffered a fatal heart attack after responding to a fight call involving approximately five people in the 900 block of Boggs Lane, in Lakeport, at approximately... Read More »

Deputy Sheriff Michael Robert Foley

Alameda County Sheriff's Office (CA) EOW: Feb 23, 2017

Deputy Sheriff Michael Foley was struck and killed by a prisoner transport bus in the parking lot of the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, California, at approximately 6:00 am.He was... Read More »

Officer Lucas F Chellew

California Highway Patrol (CA) EOW: Feb 22, 2017

Officer Lucas Chellew was killed in a motorcycle crash near the intersection of Stockton Boulevard and Fruitridge Road, in Sacramento, while pursuing another motorcycle.Officer Chellew's motorcycle... Read More »

Police Officer Keith Wayne Boyer

Whittier Police Department (CA) EOW: Feb 20, 2017

Police Officer Keith Boyer was shot and killed as he and another officer investigated an accident near the intersection of Colima Road and Mar Vista Street.Unbeknownst to the officers, the... Read More »

CA Fallen Officers

Deputy Sheriff Robert K Kunze Iii

Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office (KS) EOW: Sep 16, 2018

Deputy Sheriff Robert Kunze was shot and killed while investigating a suspicious person call in a rural area near the intersection of North 295th Street West and West 21st Street... Read More »

Chief Of Police Frank Mcclelland Jr

Ludowici Police Department (GA) EOW: Sep 15, 2018

Chief of Police Frank McClelland was struck and killed by a vehicle being pursued by other officers shortly after 7:00 pm.The pursuit had started in Liberty County and continued through... Read More »

Police Officer Garrett Hull

Fort Worth Police Department (TX) EOW: Sep 14, 2018

Police Officer Garrett Hull succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained the previous night as he and other members of the Criminal Intelligence Unit attempted to apprehend three armed robbery... Read More »

Police Officer David A Tinsley

Fort Wayne Police Department (IN) EOW: Sep 11, 2018

Police Officer David Tinsley suffered a fatal heart attack while searching for a suspect following a vehicle pursuit and foot pursuit of a suspect in a stolen car.The man drove... Read More »

Deputy Sheriff Aaron Paul Roberts

Greene County Sheriff's Office (MO) EOW: Sep 07, 2018

Deputy Sheriff Aaron Roberts drowned after his patrol car was swept into the swollen Pomme de Terre River in the area of Cabin Creek Road and Farm Road 2 at... Read More »

Police Officer Kirt R Ricks Iii

Montgomery Police Department (LA) EOW: Sep 07, 2018

Police Officer Kirt Ricks was killed in a vehicle crash on Highway 71 at approximately 5:30 pm.The crash occurred after Officer Ricks' patrol car left the roadway on the right... Read More »

K9 Rocky

Riverhead Police Department (NY) EOW: Sep 02, 2018

K9 Rocky was killed in a vehicle crash near the intersection of West Main Street and Raynor Avenue as his handler responded to a vehicle pursuit at approximately 2:30 a.m.An... Read More »

K9 Benzi

Columbus Division of Police (OH) EOW: Sep 01, 2018

K9 Benzi was shot after attacking his handler at the agency's canine facility at 2609 McKinley Avenue.Benzi's handler was correcting his behavior with verbal commands when the dog attacked him,... Read More »

K9 Grunt

Refugio County Sheriff's Office (TX) EOW: Sep 01, 2018

K9 Grunt and K9 Nell were strangled to death by a suspect they were tracking while assisting the Aransas County Sheriff's Office and other state and federal agencies.Officers in Aransas... Read More »

K9 Nell

Refugio County Sheriff's Office (TX) EOW: Sep 01, 2018

K9 Nell and K9 Grunt were strangled to death by a suspect they were tracking while assisting the Aransas County Sheriff's Office and other state and federal agencies.Officers in Aransas... Read More »

K9 Smokey

Nowata Police Department (OK) EOW: Aug 28, 2018

K9 Smokey was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer after an intoxicated woman let him out of his handler's patrol car on U.S. 169, just north of the Nowata Municipal... Read More »

Deputy Sheriff Benjamin Lemont Zirbel

Clay County Sheriff's Office (FL) EOW: Aug 21, 2018

Deputy Sheriff Ben Zirbel succumbed to injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash two days earlier at the intersection of Blanding Boulevard and Camp Francis Johnson Road.He was traveling southbound... Read More »

K9 Boco

Lincoln Parish Sheriff's Office (LA) EOW: Aug 17, 2018

K9 Boco was shot and killed in the area of Chandler Road while attempting to apprehend a suspect who was wanted for attempted murder.The suspect had shot his girlfriend in... Read More »

Police Officer Kathleen Oconnor Funigiello

New Rochelle Police Department (NY) EOW: Aug 16, 2018

Police Officer Kathleen O'Connor-Funigiello died as the result of cancer that she developed following her assignment to assist with search and rescue efforts at the World Trade Center site... Read More »

Police Officer Fadi Mukhlis Shukur

Detroit Police Department (MI) EOW: Aug 14, 2018

Police Officer Fadi Shukur succumbed to injuries sustained on August 4th, 2018, when he was struck by a hit-and-run driver on West McNichols Road, near Stahelin Avenue.He was assisting other... Read More »

Investigator Timothy Dale Cole Sr

Comanche County District Attorney's Office (OK) EOW: Aug 04, 2018

Investigator Tim Cole succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained on June 18th, 2007, while attempting to serve a high-risk search warrant at a condominium at 2802 NE 9th Street in Lawton,... Read More »

K9 Vader

Virginia State Police (VA) EOW: Aug 01, 2018

K9 Vader was shot and killed during a vehicle pursuit of a murder suspect in a stolen vehicle in Sussex County at approximately 8:20 am.A trooper initiated the pursuit after... Read More »

K9 Hemi

Arkansas State Police (AR) EOW: Jul 30, 2018

K9 Hemi was shot and killed while attempting an apprehension of a subject involved in an earlier vehicle pursuit in Missouri.The vehicle fled into Arkansas and was located by troopers... Read More »

K9 Midas

Hancock County Sheriff's Office (WV) EOW: Jul 30, 2018

K9 Midas died from complication of heat exhaustion suffered after the air conditioning unit and failsafe unit failed in his handler's patrol car.The vehicle was parked at the Hancock County... Read More »

K9 Turbo

Columbia Police Department (SC) EOW: Jul 28, 2018

K9 Turbo died as the result of heat exhaustion while in his handler's department vehicle at C.A. Johnson High School.Turbo had been left in the vehicle, which had its air... Read More »

National Fallen Officers

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